Gemma Betros

‘The Murder of Custine, French Gratitude or Republican Rewards for Past Services’ with a priest in prayer, by Isaac Cruikshank, 1793. Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection. Public Domain.

The French Revolution and the Catholic Church

In 1789, Catholicism was the official religion of France – five years later worship was suppressed. The French Revolution posed problems for religion, but religion also posed plenty of problems for the new republic.