Emmanuel Macron will announce Monday a campaign to classify more religious buildings in France as historical monuments. He plans to launch a financial subscription with the French to restore this "modest religious heritage" Of some 50,000 places of worship (including 42,000 Catholics) that exist in France according to a census still incomplete, only 10,500 are protected as historical monument.
The French were already participating in the effort through the Heritage Lottery launched during the first five-year term of the Head of State.