[muawiyah]

They've been back and forth on the various permutations of civil and religious registration all over Europe for centuries. That process will continue.

The next stage of normal European transformation is the move from the large nation-state to the small principality with idiosyncratic rules.

That's usually set off by some sort of calamity of horrendous proportions.

Just a matter of time.

[JCBreckenridge]

It would be a reversal of the Peace of Westphalia. History classes don’t spend enough time on it.

[livius]

The next stage of normal European transformation is the move from the large nation-state to the small principality with idiosyncratic rules.

Well, they're definitely doing that now. Look at Catalonia, Scotland, etc.

Unfortunately, much of this is motivated by leftist/anarchist bloc, and I think the Church is going to suffer greatly in some of these areas. Time to review the Spanish Civil War...