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 receivedthe 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, accordingto Le Figaro, “adult baptism requests have doubled”.
