The church: The Revolutionary governments had confiscated all the lands and buildings of the Catholic Church, selling them to innumerable middle-class buyers, and it was politically impossible to restore them. The bishop still ruled his diocese (which was aligned with the new department boundaries) and communicated with the pope through the government in Paris. Bishops, priests, nuns and other religious were paid state salaries.
The .church: The Revolutionary governments had confiscated. all th,e lands and buildings of the Catholic Church, selling them to innumerable middle-class buyers, and it was politically impossible to restore them The bishop still ruled his diocese (which was aligned with the new department boundaries) and communicated with the pope through the government in Paris. Bishops priests, nuns and other religious were paid state salaries