Curiosidade do dia

 

"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 other official buildings. Less than 5% of its people attend a religious service every week, compared with 20% in Italy and 36% in devout Poland. Yet France, of all places, is witnessing an unexpected surge in Catholic fervour.

At Easter 10,384 adults were baptised, a jump of 46% on last year and nearly double the number in 2023. This was the highest since France's Conference of Bishops began such records 20 years ago. At 7,404, the number of teenagers baptised this Easter was more than double the figure in 2023, and ten times the one in 2019. France is not the only European country to report an upsurge in adult baptisms. Austria and Belgium this year also reported a big rise, but to a tiny total of 240 and 536 respectively. It is the scale and context that make the trend in France so arresting."

Trechos retirados de "France's improbable adult baptism boom" publicado na revista The Economist do passado dia 29 de Maio.