Talk:Catholic Church in Belgium

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I think the beer used is excusively abbey made beer. I wonder about the fries...

In medieval times, Belgian abbeys made beer precisely for cult purposes because grapes can't grow at that latitude. Brewing since then became a national tradition, and the Belgian clergy continues to use beer instead of wine in the Eucharistia. The hosts are replaced by potatoes for a similar reason: wheat has been cultivated in Belgium only since the 19th century, and the medieval tradition has been kept alive by the clergy.

citation needed

I am not sure what needs citation. If it is referring to the remark on Sunday church attendance dropping to well below 10 percent, there are several sources ....all in Dutch / Flemish I am afraid though. In January 06 there was a newspaper research that came up with a church attendance figure of 3.7 percent. This triggered a follow up of the "Centrum voor politicologie" of the KU (Catholic University) Leuven. They published their research (author: Marc Hooghe, title: "kerkpraktijk in vlaanderen", in "ethische Perspectieven") about mid 2006, and came up with a figure of 8 percent for the Flemish speaking part that traditionally has a higher church attendance than the French speaking part.

Will this do as a citation ? Regards

Relevance

What do the laureates of the KUL have to do with Roman Catholicism in Belgium? The KUL though retaining it's name seems to pride itself a little in being independent from Rome (as per a fairly recent spat with Rome about stem cell research) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Belgianatheist (talk • contribs) 13:12, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

Exaggeration

This is an article about Roman Catholicism in Belgium and most of it is about Clerical Sex Abuse Scandal. What a very biased article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.177.11.127 (talk) 16:28, 16 December 2014 (UTC)

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