How was Catholicism established in the French culture?

Napoléon Bonaparte oversaw the reconciliation of the Church under the Concordat of 1801, which established the Catholic Church as the French Church, albeit unofficially. read more

Nord, Philip. "Catholic Culture in Interwar France", French Politics, Culture and Society (2001) 21#3 pp 1+ online; Phillips, C.S. The Church in France, 1789–1848 : a Study in Revival (1929) Ravitch, Norman. The Catholic Church and the French Nation, 1589–1989 (1990) Reardon, Bernard. read more

However, this history – of Roman Catholicism in the United States – also includes the French and Spanish colonies, because they later became the greater part of the contiguous United States. In 1634, Maryland recorded a little less than 3,000 Catholics out of a population of 34,000 (around 9% of the population). read more

Roman Catholicism was the state religion of France beginning with the conversion of King Clovis I (d. 511) until the French Revolution, when the Church’s relationship with the state was radically redefined. read more