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Roman Catholicism was the major religion in the real of the French monarchy for more than a millennium, and it also held the role of state religion; [1] the monarchy had such close ties to the Roman papacy that France was called the "eldest daughter of the Church" (French: fille aînée de l'Église).
The most important national institution is the CFCM (Conseil Français du Culte Musulman) this institution was designed on the model of the "Consistoire Juif de France" and of the "Fédération protestante de France" both Napoleonic creations. The aim of the CFCM (like its Jewish and protestant counterparts) is to discuss religious problem with ...
The Orthodox Catholic Church of France (L'ECOF, French: Église catholique orthodoxe de France), also known as the Orthodox Church of France (French: Église orthodoxe de France), [1] is an Eastern Orthodox church mostly in France comprising two dioceses [2] and using a reconstruction of the Gallican Rite. [3]
In France, Jean-Baptiste Colbert initiated a training programme for Les jeunes de langues (The Youth of Languages), young linguists in the diplomatic service, like François Pétis de la Croix, who, like his father and his son, served as an Arabic interpreter to the King
There are currently about 2,300 mosques in France with a further 200 to 250 planned. [1] It is difficult to say when the first mosque in France was built. There is archaeological evidence of an eighth-century mosque in Narbonne, France. [2] The Tsingoni Mosque in the overseas department of Mayotte was built in 1538. [3]
La Rochette Abbey or Abbey of St Joseph de La Rochette (Abbaye Saint-Joseph de La Rochette, Abbaye de La Rochette), nuns (Belmont-Tramonet, Savoie); founded in 1824 at the Château de la Rochette in Cuire-le-Bas, Caluire-et-Cuire (Rhône); became an abbey in 1837; moved to Belmont-Tramonet in 1970 [67]
Hinduism is a minority religion in France that is followed by more than 121,312 people in France, which is nearly 0.2% of the nation's population. Most of the Hindus in France are mainly from the Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora and the Indian diaspora , though there are many Hindus from Nepal , Afghanistan , Mauritius and other nations.
The Diocese has its own Youth movement l'Association de la jeunesse de l’Eglise apostolique arménienne de France, which has chapters in the various 26 parishes of the Diocese. The Eparchy of Sainte-Croix-de-Paris depends on the Armenian Catholic Church, and the Armenian Evangelical Churches Union of France, part of the Armenian Evangelical ...