Catholic Church in France

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national branch of the Catholic Church religious institution

The Catholic Church in France is the national presence of the Roman Catholic Church, historically influential in French politics, culture, and society, and a central actor in major events such as the Dreyfus affair and the struggle over laïcité (secularism).

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
French Catholic Church 2
Roman Catholic Church in France 1
Église catholique en France 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf national branch of the Catholic Church ⓘ
religious institution ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Catholic Church in France ⓘ
surface form: Église catholique en France

Catholic Church in France ⓘ
surface form: Église catholique romaine en France
associatedWith Catholic charities in France ⓘ
Catholic hospitals in France ⓘ
French Catholic schools ⓘ
French Catholic universities ⓘ
communionWith Holy See ⓘ
country France ⓘ
denomination Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
follows Catechism of the Catholic Church ⓘ
governingBody French Bishops' Conference ⓘ
surface form: French Episcopal Conference
hasClergyRank bishops ⓘ
deacons ⓘ
priests ⓘ
hasReligiousOrders Benedictines ⓘ
surface form: Benedictines in France

Dominican friars ⓘ
surface form: Dominicans in France

Franciscans in France ⓘ
Jesuits in France ⓘ
hasStructure archdioceses ⓘ
dioceses ⓘ
parishes ⓘ
headquartersLocation Paris ⓘ
historicallyLinkedTo Ancien Régime ⓘ
Ancien Régime ⓘ
surface form: French monarchy

Gallicanism ⓘ
historicalReligionOfMajority France ⓘ
influenced French culture ⓘ
French education ⓘ
French politics ⓘ
French social life ⓘ
mainCathedral Sacré-Cœur Basilica ⓘ
surface form: Basilica of Sacré-Cœur, Paris

Notre-Dame Cathedral ⓘ
surface form: Notre-Dame de Paris
opposedBy French anticlerical movement ⓘ
playedRoleIn 1905 French law on the Separation of the Churches and the State ⓘ
Concordat of 1801 ⓘ
Dreyfus affair ⓘ
French Revolution religious conflicts ⓘ
struggle over laïcité in France ⓘ
primaryLanguage French ⓘ
provides Catholic education ⓘ
charitable services ⓘ
parish ministry ⓘ
regulates Catholic liturgy in France ⓘ
rite Latin Rite ⓘ
subjectOf laïcité debates in France ⓘ
subjectTo Canon law ⓘ
surface form: Canon law of the Catholic Church
supremePontiff Pope ⓘ
teaches Catholic doctrine ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Collège de Juilly → affiliation → Catholic Church in France ⓘ
Catholic Church in France → alsoKnownAs → Catholic Church in France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Église catholique en France
Catholic Church in France → alsoKnownAs → Catholic Church in France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Église catholique romaine en France
Organic Articles of 1802 → appliesTo → Catholic Church in France ⓘ
subject surface form: Église Saint-Roch de Paris
Lettres philosophiques → criticizes → Catholic Church in France ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Catholic Church
Vérité → criticizes → Catholic Church in France ⓘ
Gallicanism → influenced → Catholic Church in France ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Catholic Church
Dreyfus affair → involves → Catholic Church in France ⓘ
du Plessis → linkedToInstitution → Catholic Church in France ⓘ
Notre-Dame-de-Nazareth Cathedral → partOf → Catholic Church in France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roman Catholic Church in France
Roman Catholic Diocese of Nice → partOf → Catholic Church in France ⓘ