An Overview of the Patriotic Catholic Movement in Nam Định During the Early Period of the Resistance War Against French Colonialism

Abstract

The establishment of the Vietnam Catholic Salvation Front (Tổ chức Việt Nam Công giáo cứu quốc) after the August Revolution of 1945 reflected a strong expression of national unity between the revolutionary government and Vietnamese Catholics. Using historical and political approaches, this article analyzes the case of the patriotic Catholic movement in the North - particularly in Nam Định Province (in present-day Ninh Bình) - as vivid evidence of the relationship between religious faith and patriotism.