Baptisms in France - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Sun, 07 Apr 2024 23:35:03 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Baptisms in France - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Record 12,000 people were baptized in France on Easter https://cathnews.co.nz/2024/04/08/record-12000-people-were-baptized-in-france-on-easter/ Mon, 08 Apr 2024 05:51:28 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=169436 Over 12,000 people, both adults and adolescents, were baptized in France on Easter, a record number in the country that experiences what many church leaders have called an accelerated "de-Christianisation." Requests for adult baptisms have increased in France for the past ten years. In a report released just before Easter, representatives from the French bishops' Read more

Record 12,000 people were baptized in France on Easter... Read more]]> Over 12,000 people, both adults and adolescents, were baptized in France on Easter, a record number in the country that experiences what many church leaders have called an accelerated "de-Christianisation."

Requests for adult baptisms have increased in France for the past ten years. In a report released just before Easter, representatives from the French bishops' conference pointed out that the trend is present in almost all of the dioceses in France.

According to the report, 7,135 adults were to receive the sacrament of baptism during the Easter Vigil, totalling 31% more than in 2023. While in 2023, 23% of newly baptized were between the ages of 18 and 25, that number had risen to 36% in 2024.

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