Glorious Cross of Dozulé
The Glorious Cross of Dozulé, also known as Croix d'amour in France and as Cruz de Amor in Portugal, is a project of an illuminated cross, not entirely recognized by the hierarchy of the Catholic Church, coloured white and blue tall with arms long, which means with an exact proportion of a ratio of three between the vertical and horizontal length, based on the reported apparitions of Jesus Christ to Madeleine Aumont and should to be erected in Dozulé, a small town in Normandy, located about from Lisieux in France. The Vatican ruled in 2025 that the phenomenon of these apparitions was not supernatural.
Origins of the Cross
Between 1972 and 1978, Jesus Christ is said to have appeared 49 times in Dozulé to Madeleine Aumont, a mother of five children, in the presence of her parish priest Victor L'Horset and other faithful people, and is believed to have dictated a series of messages, containing teachings and of warnings for all people, according to those who believe in them. Among them is the daily «Prayer of Dozulé». The messages are seen as an annunciation of the return of Christ. The construction of the Glorious Cross is seen as a sign of it.The followers of the messages of Dozulé believe also that they are the continuation of the Three Secrets of Fátima and that they ask, for the conversion of humanity to avoid a material and spiritual catastrophe.
Connections to cults and anti-communism
The cross is an apocalyptic symbol, not fully recognized by the hierarchy of the Catholic Church, connected to anti-communist rhetoric. It is seen as a means of salvation: those who do not possess the cross shall be damned. It was popularized in Portugal by the Fraternidade Missionária de Cristo-Jovem, a religious community made by a Catholic priest and several nuns.The daily prayer of Dozulé
The followers of Dozulé apparitions believe that Jesus revealed to Madeleine Aumont that the faithful are to recite this prayer every day, beginning with the sign of the Cross:Friends of the Glorious Cross of Dozulé
The Friends of the Glorious Cross of Dozulé is a Christian movement founded in the 1980s in the Calvados département, France. It is based on the reported private revelations received by Madeleine Aumount in Dozulé in the 1970s, but sustained on several "new messages" received by an alleged mystic, self-styled JNSR, that confirmed as true the Madeleine's messages. However, JNSR predicted the end of the world, preceding by many catastrophes, and published a new «Message of Dozulé» which contains the doctrine of this group. In 1995, this group was considered as a cult in the 1995 parliamentary report on cults, and by anti-cult associations, notably because of its apocalypticism.Vatican Ruling
On November 12, 2025,This concurs with previous judgments, such as in 1983, when Jean-Marie-Clément Badré, who was then the local bishop, said, “in no case can the construction of a monumental cross undertaken in Dozulé be an authentic sign of the manifestation of the Spirit of God.”