Religion in France | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 05/12/2018

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Religion in France


00:01:30 1 Demographics
00:01:39 1.1 Chronological statistics
00:01:49 1.2 Line chart
00:01:57 1.3 Survey data
00:03:30 1.3.1 Religion among the youth
00:05:00 2 History
00:05:27 2.1 Catholicism as a state religion
00:05:56 2.1.1 French Wars of Religion (1562–1598)
00:06:56 2.1.2 Post–Edict of Nantes (1598–1789)
00:08:53 2.2 French Revolution
00:12:29 2.3 Napoleon and concordat with the Vatican
00:14:06 2.4 Bourbon Restoration (1814-1830)
00:16:18 2.5 Napoleon III 1848-1870
00:18:19 2.6 Third Republic (1870–1940)
00:22:40 2.6.1 1905: Separation of Church and State
00:25:12 2.7 Recent tensions
00:27:59 3 Religions
00:28:08 3.1 Buddhism
00:29:15 3.2 Christianity
00:30:15 3.2.1 Catholicism
00:33:13 3.2.2 Protestantism
00:34:34 3.2.3 Orthodox Christianity
00:34:42 3.2.3.1 Eastern Orthodoxy
00:35:22 3.2.3.2 Oriental Orthodoxy
00:35:54 3.2.4 Other Christians
00:36:26 3.3 Islam
00:37:27 3.4 Judaism
00:38:29 3.5 Paganism
00:40:38 3.6 Other religions
00:42:11 4 Controversies and incidents
00:42:21 4.1 Growth of Islam and conflict with ilaïcité/i
00:44:38 4.2 iCharlie Hebdo/i shooting
00:45:26 5 See also



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Religion in France can attribute its diversity to the country's adherence to freedom of religion and freedom of thought, as guaranteed by the 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen. The Republic is based on the principle of laïcité (or "freedom of conscience") enforced by the 1880s Jules Ferry laws and the 1905 French law on the Separation of the Churches and the State. Catholicism, the religion of a now small majority of French people, is no longer the state religion that it was before the French Revolution, as well as throughout the various, non-republican regimes of the 19th century (the Restoration, the July Monarchy and the Second French Empire).
Major religions practised in France include the Catholic Church,  Islam, various branches of Protestantism,  Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Russian Orthodoxy, Armenian Christianity, and Sikhism  amongst others, making it a multiconfessional country. Sunday mass attendance has fallen to 5% for the Catholics, and the overall level of observance is considerably lower than in the past. According to a Eurobarometer survey conducted in 2010, 27% of French citizens responded that they "believe there is a God", 27% answered that they "believe there is some sort of spirit or life force", and 40% answered that they "do not believe there is any sort of spirit, God, or life force". This makes France one of the most irreligious countries in the world.