Among European countries with Catholic roots, France wears its religion lightly. A secular state by law since 1905, the country bans conspicuous religious symbols in state schools, town halls and ...

Thirty-year-old Mahon McCann was baptized during the Easter Vigil Mass in his parish of Rathfarnham in Dublin this year. He was one of 70 adults baptized into the Catholic faith that evening in the ...

A file photo shows a catechumen being baptized during the Easter Vigil. Over 12,000 people, adults and adolescents, were baptized in France during the Easter Vigil March 30, 2024, a record number in ...

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At Easter this year 10,384 adults were baptised, a jump of 46% on last year, and nearly double the number in 2023. This year’s figure was the highest since France’s Conference of Bishops began such ...