Religious items owned by practicing Catholics in France 1988-2020
In 2020, when surveyed on the eve of the Assumption, two thirds of French practicing Catholics (66 percent) reported owning a Bible, which was two points more than in 1988. On the other hand, there has been a significant decrease in the number of French believers who have other religious objects in their homes, such as crucifixes (51 percent, -34 points), rosaries (62 percent, -25 points), statues of the Virgin Mary (66 percent, -14 points) or holy water (31 percent, -20 points).
