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Empty French churches -
8/12/2020 - France / Ile-de-France (region) / Paris - During the lockdown, the churches of France emptied their congregations, causing a financial crisis within the church of France. Since the beginning of 2020, the decline in resources in the dioceses has been in the order of 40%. The Bishops' Conference of France (CEF) has noted a drop of 60 million euros during the first confinement in the spring of 2020 and a drop of 30 million during the second confinement in November 2020.

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Jan Schmidt-Whitley/Le Pictorium -
Empty French churches -
8/12/2020 - France / Ile-de-France (region) / Paris - During the lockdown, the churches of France emptied their congregations, causing a financial crisis within the church of France. Since the beginning of 2020, the decline in resources in the dioceses has been in the order of 40%. The Bishops' Conference of France (CEF) has noted a drop of 60 million euros during the first confinement in the spring of 2020 and a drop of 30 million during the second confinement in November 2020.

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Jan Schmidt-Whitley/Le Pictorium -
Empty French churches -
8/12/2020 - France / Ile-de-France (region) / Paris - During the lockdown, the churches of France emptied their congregations, causing a financial crisis within the church of France. Since the beginning of 2020, the decline in resources in the dioceses has been in the order of 40%. The Bishops' Conference of France (CEF) has noted a drop of 60 million euros during the first confinement in the spring of 2020 and a drop of 30 million during the second confinement in November 2020.

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Jan Schmidt-Whitley/Le Pictorium -
Empty French churches -
8/12/2020 - France / Ile-de-France (region) / Paris - During the lockdown, the churches of France emptied their congregations, causing a financial crisis within the church of France. Since the beginning of 2020, the decline in resources in the dioceses has been in the order of 40%. The Bishops' Conference of France (CEF) has noted a drop of 60 million euros during the first confinement in the spring of 2020 and a drop of 30 million during the second confinement in November 2020.

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Jan Schmidt-Whitley/Le Pictorium -
Empty French churches -
8/12/2020 - France / Ile-de-France (region) / Paris - During the lockdown, the churches of France emptied their congregations, causing a financial crisis within the church of France. Since the beginning of 2020, the decline in resources in the dioceses has been in the order of 40%. The Bishops' Conference of France (CEF) has noted a drop of 60 million euros during the first confinement in the spring of 2020 and a drop of 30 million during the second confinement in November 2020.

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Jan Schmidt-Whitley/Le Pictorium -
Empty French churches -
8/12/2020 - France / Ile-de-France (region) / Paris - During the lockdown, the churches of France emptied their congregations, causing a financial crisis within the church of France. Since the beginning of 2020, the decline in resources in the dioceses has been in the order of 40%. The Bishops' Conference of France (CEF) has noted a drop of 60 million euros during the first confinement in the spring of 2020 and a drop of 30 million during the second confinement in November 2020.

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Jan Schmidt-Whitley/Le Pictorium -
Empty French churches -
8/12/2020 - France / Ile-de-France (region) / Paris - During the lockdown, the churches of France emptied their congregations, causing a financial crisis within the church of France. Since the beginning of 2020, the decline in resources in the dioceses has been in the order of 40%. The Bishops' Conference of France (CEF) has noted a drop of 60 million euros during the first confinement in the spring of 2020 and a drop of 30 million during the second confinement in November 2020.

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