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France stopped state funding of the Catholic Church in 1905!
France's landmark 1905 Law on the Separation of Church and State ended centuries of government funding for the Catholic Church. Before it, France was one of the Church's largest state financial backers in the world.
Topic poll · all networksWhat will Pope Leo's Paris visit be remembered for?
Topic poll · all networksHow many times did Pope John Paul II visit France — the most of any modern pope?
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Pope Leo XIV is the first American-born pope in Church history!
Born Robert Francis Prevost in Chicago, IL, he spent roughly 20 years as an Augustinian missionary in Peru and holds dual U.S.-Peruvian citizenship before being elected in May 2025.
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Topic poll · all networks150,000 at Lourdes mass — what stuns you most about that scale?
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