The French Church hit a record of more than 17,800 baptisms of adults and adolescents at Easter, a large increase on the ...

France’s Catholic Church will welcome more than 10,384 adult catechumens at Easter this year, marking a 45% increase from ...

Paris: In a dramatic reversal, French Catholic baptisms of adults doubled during the past two years and will hit a projected 10,384 on Easter evening this year, between April 19 and 20. This upticked ...

Truth is, many parishes in Europe are growing. But others are dying. As one theologian noted in a 1969 German radio interview, Catholicism was entering a time of painful decline in the modern world.