Catholic Church: baptisms on the rise among adults and adolescents. More than 7,000 adults will be baptized during this year's Easter celebrations, an increase of 31% from last year.
“Young people approach the question of faith in a more uninhibited way than previous generations,” says Catherine Chevalier, director of the national service for catechesis and catechumenate of the Conference of Bishops of France. For comparison, the Catholic Church baptizes 65,000 babies each year (before one year) and a total of 220,000 people.