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Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly | French Secularism | PBS

Duration: 10:35
Program: Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly #1443
Broadcast Date: Jun. 24, 2011

Christianity is on the wane across Western Europe, and nowhere is its decline more visible than in France. "Secularism is indispensable. It's a protection so everyone has peace, believers and non-believers," according to one French citizen.

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