What was the importance of the position of the Catholic Church during the French Revolution?

Answer 1

The Catholic Church lose power during the French Revolution. Instead of the Catholic Church, a new creation was introduced... The Cult of the Supreme Being. This cult was founded by Maximilian Robespierre, the head of the Jacobins and a major figure in the Reign of Terror. However, after the Revolution ended, the Catholic Church regained much of its former power. This was, in part, due to the fact that many of the "common" people in France were firm followers in the Church, even throughout the Revolution, and after it, when the Church was re-named as the state "religion," they went happily back into their old way of life, with the Catholic Church.

Nova Net: The Catholic Church was separated from government
It was greatly changed because of the confiscation of huge properties owned by the church, the expulsion of monks and nuns and the imprisonment and death of hundreds of priests.

Answer 2

None, the French Revolution killed priests, nuns, and sisters by the thousands, desecrated Churches, destroyed priceless treasures that were centuries old and left the common people with practically nothing.

Answer 3

The Catholic Church was stripped of all of its property and became a persecuted minority.

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The French revolution was extremely hostile to the Catholic Church. They guillotined priests, nuns, and sisters by the hundreds, desecrated Churches, and destroyed priceless relics; leaving the common people bereft of spiritual guidance and solace.

Answer 4

Being both cute and callous you could say that the Church was going to Hell in a Handbasket. Convents and monastaries were closed, the clergy was exiled or killed, the mandatory tithe was ended, churches were looted and taken over for secular needs and the trappings of the church were destroyed. It was not until 1801 that a Concordat was reached with the Pope and some order was restored to the Catholic Church.