In France, Italy and Spain the Catholic church insisted on the use of female midwives, to protect female modesty.

在法国、意大利和西班牙，天主教会坚决主张使用女性助产士，以保护女性的羞耻。

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Some scholars believe that the "Beijing Treaty" signed between China and France in 1860 gave the Catholic Church the right to purchase property in China's interior in the late Qing.

有学者认为，1860年的中法《北京条约》确立了天主教会在晚清“内地置产的特权”。

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Now,every time there's a big time political disaster, from the point of view of the Catholic Church in France, it's followed by a period of religious revival.

于是,每当天主教会看到法国政治格局,有重大的变盘,紧接着就会兴起宗教复兴

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The move was opposed by many conservatives and the Catholic Church in France, prompting hundreds of thousands of people to turn out for protest marches in Paris as politicians debated the bill.

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The Catholic church controlled France's schools in the 19th century and frowned on the teaching of science.

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It was harder, you might think, for the Church of England and the Catholic establishment in France to explain their support of the caliphate.

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