Why France Is Losing One Religious Building Every Two Weeks
One religious building is disappearing in France every two weeks.
That is the conclusion of Edouard de Lamaze, president of the Observatoire du patrimoine religieux (Observatory of Religious Heritage) in Paris.
He is raising the alarm in the French media about the gradual disappearance of religious edifices in a country known as the “eldest daughter of the Church” because the Frankish King Clovis I embraced Catholicism in 496.
Lamaze’s appeal for increased awareness came after a fire destroyed the 16th-century Church of Saint-Pierre in Romilly-la-Puthenaye, Normandy, northern France. The fire, deemed accidental, took place on April 15, exactly two years after the blaze that devastated Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris.
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France Losing One Church Every Two Weeks
In comparison, one mosque is erected every 15 days in France
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France is losing one church every two weeks due to “demolition, transformation, destruction by fire, or collapse,” according to Catholic media.
The consistent losses are causing the gradual disappearance of Christian culture inside what was once one of the most prominent Catholic countries.
“Although Catholic monuments are still ahead, one mosque is erected every 15 days in France, while one Christian building is destroyed at the same pace,” said Edouard de Lamaze, president of the Observatoire du patrimoine religieux. “It creates a tipping point on the territory that should be taken into account.”