Posted on 04/18/2023 11:42:40 AM PDT by Twotone
There was significant rise in the number of baptisms at this year’s Easter vigil in France, according to figures published before the Easter Triduum by the French National Service for Catechesis and Catechumenate.
This year at the Easter vigil, 5,463 adults received the sacrament of baptism across France, a 21 per cent rise on the year before. In 16 dioceses, the number of converts doubled.
The rise has been both steady and consistent. The figures revealed there were 3639 adult baptisms in 2021, meaning 2023 represented a 50 per cent increase on two years ago. Meanwhile, in the past twenty years, according to Le Figaro, “adult baptism requests have doubled”.
The increasing number of Catholics finding the Faith in France are from disparate backgrounds. Of those confirmed at the Easter Vigil this year, a third of those baptised were in the in the 18-25 age bracket– a proportional increase from 24 per cent two years ago. According to trends, the Church is receiving marginally more women than men into her fold.
Three per cent of converts were Muslim, which is less than in 2021 when it was reported by Mission Ismérie (a charity aimed at evangelisation to non-Christian religions) that over 10 per cent of converts that year came from Islam.
There is a noticeably more pronounced growth in rural areas than urban areas. This year, of the 16 dioceses where adult baptisms doubled, 15 were rural. Additionally, there was only a 17 per cent increase in Paris (compared to 33 per cent nationally).
Significantly, fewer than 55 per cent of those baptised were raised in Christian families, practicing and non-practising.
“The parents wanted to leave them free as children, and then in adulthood they took this step,” explained Cécile Eon, head of the National Catechesis and Catechumenate Service.
(Excerpt) Read more at catholicherald.co.uk ...
Amen
Yes, amen 🙏🏻!!!!
Deus vult
Macron will be much much angry likely- but who cares? Good for france!
Great! I hope they also came to saving faith in Christ.
Fear of Islam is decreasing. Now find out who torched Notre Game Cathedral. Dust off the guillotine and erect on Place de Concorde and advertise for operator. France is back in business. Feed cake to the citoayens.
Me too!
Very very great!
A small number in one of the most secular nations on earth, and would like to know how it stacks up against those leaving the church or being baptized into evangelical Christianity. The latter movement has made a lot of inroads in southern Italy, but still not as much as those leaving religion altogether.
“ In France, a new Evangelical church is built every 10 days, thanks to the efforts of highly motivated young believers. ”
Rebounding from artificially low levels during COVID?
Outstanding!
Nice post. Bmk
Excellent! It’s good to see that Christianity isn’t *completely* dead in Europe.
May God be honored and glorified.
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