In Trappes, one of France's most culturally diverse working-class suburbs – known as banlieues – faith leaders are finding unexpected ways to bring communities together. A Cameroonian-born priest not only fills his church each Sunday, he also hosts interfaith football matches.
Despite a fall in the number of people entering the priesthood in France, a recent study of church life in multicultural working-class suburbs pointed to a spiritual renewal in some areas, which often face higher-than-average poverty and unemployment.
