Answer: When Napoleon came to power, he essentially made peace with the Church. He signed a "Concordat" with the pope that reformed the relationship between the Church and France. In the Concordat, Napoleon allowed the Church to reorganize in France. The Church was allowed once again to operate in the country.
Answer: ...have obtained independence during post-war period (during 1950s, 1960s and 1970s).
Explanation: we have to include Dutch (Surinam for example), French (Algeria or Vietnam), Belgian (Kongo-Kinshassa) or Portuguese (Angola, Mozambique) colonies. This process included return of white-Europeans colonists back to Europe: the biggest return was that of Algerian French (Pieds-Noirs) and later (not so big) European whites from Portuguese territories (1974-1975-1976).
