Official questionExamen Civique
En France, il est possible pour l'État de financer :
In France, the State may fund:
Correct answer
Des aumôneries dans les prisons, les hôpitaux et l'armée, pour garantir le libre exercice des cultes
Chaplaincies in prisons, hospitals and the army, to guarantee the free exercise of worship
Why
Article 2 of the 1905 law forbids the Republic to pay or subsidise any religion, but expressly allows chaplaincy services in places such as prisons, hospitals and schools where people cannot freely leave. Alsace and Moselle keep a special regime under which some clergy are paid by the State. From the official naturalisation knowledge-question list.
Answer choices
- ALa construction de nouvelles mosquées, églises ou synagoguesThe construction of new mosques, churches or synagogues
- BLe salaire des responsables religieux partout en FranceThe salaries of religious leaders throughout France
- CDes aumôneries dans les prisons, les hôpitaux et l'armée, pour garantir le libre exercice des cultesChaplaincies in prisons, hospitals and the army, to guarantee the free exercise of worship
- DLes cérémonies religieuses des fêtes de fin d'annéeReligious ceremonies at year-end holidays