Religion in Western Europe

[Louis VI the Fat]

Is this true?

I think it pretty much nails it.


But non-religiousness is not the same as anti-religiousness:

Italy's nominee for justice minister of the EU, Rocco Buttiglione, was rejected because he was openly religious and condemned homosexuality

This is not true. That he was rejected because he is openly religious is nonsense. He's not a martyr for Catholicism, despite what his followers want to believe. It was his attack on homosexuality that cost him his job.

After all, Christian-democracy is still the largest political movement throughout (western-)Europe.

The need to revive the Roman Catholic Church in Europe was among the main reasons Benedict, a German cardinal, was chosen to succeed Pope John Paul II.

Reviving Roman Catholicism in Western-Europe?

Dream on.

Among the most striking consequences of the decline of religion has been fewer children. The birth rate throughout much of Western Europe has fallen so drastically that the population in many countries is shrinking, indicating that women throughout Europe now routinely use artificial birth control, in defiance of the Roman Catholic Church's teachings.

I don't think this is correct.
Firstly, what about the parallel decline of birth rate in the Protestant countries then?
Secondly, I don't think one is a consequence of the other. I think the decline in church attendance and birth rate are both consequences of similar causes, i.e. the drastic social changes in postwar Europe.


About those 'cut and paste odyssey's': if you are trying to make a point, then make it and just add a link. If you've got an interesting article to share that you want to discuss, by all means share it
My two cents.

[Papewaio]

I think you will find female education is a more direct link with declining birth rates independent of faith.