A record number of adults in France are expected to have received baptism across the country on Easter, primarily driven by young people joining the Catholic Church.
Some 10,384 adults in France are scheduled to be baptized between Saturday evening and Easter Sunday, according to the Conference of Bishops of France (CEF). This comes on top of an additional 7,404 adolescents between the ages of 12 and 18 expected to receive baptism this week.
The CEF stated that the record numbers were driven in large part by people under the age of 25, with a 45 per cent increase among adults compared to last year, and a 33 per cent rise among adolescents. This can partially be explained by the fact that fewer babies are being baptized by
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