French Catholic Academy

The French Catholic Academy (Académie catholique de France) is a learned society founded in 2008 with the aim of addressing the challenges faced by Catholic intellectuals in contemporary France. Conceived by a group of academics, the Academy was established to foster a renewal of Catholic intellectual life in response to the decline of Catholic visibility in public debates and increasing secular challenges. The Academy's headquarters are located at the Collège des Bernardins in Paris, where its founding meeting took place on October 13, 2008. It serves as a forum for dialogue and research, drawing members from both clerical and lay backgrounds, emphasizing a collaborative approach to uphold and transmit the Christian intellectual heritage.