The Roman Catholic Church has consistently condemned abortion — the direct and purposeful taking of the life of the unborn child. In principle, Catholic Christians believe that all life is ...

youth and children in order to "put people in communion with Jesus Christ" (Catechism of the Catholic Church #426).

The Catholic Church may have been the church of the majority of the French people, but its wealth and perceived abuses meant that it did not always have their trust. On the eve of the Revolution, the ...