In the 16th century, protestantism split of from the Roman Catholic Church, which gradually resulted in a division of Western Europe in a protestant and a catholic camp. Many Roman Catholics, including the Pope, tried to make an end to protestantism and reformed the Roman Catholic Church during the Council of Trent. In the Council of Trent, the Pope got more power at the cost of nationally organized Roman Catholic churches, like the Gallican Roman Catholic church of France. The Roman Catholics in France regarded their church as a national French church, independent from Rome and from the Council of Trent.