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Increased baptisms, madness for the Pope: is France living a "spring of Catholicism"?
More than 600,000 people are expected to attend the Mass of Pope Leo XIV on Saturday, September 26 in Paris's Plaza de la Concordia. The tickets for the youth vigil at the Stade de France were exhausted in just a few hours. How can this fervor be understood, given that the number of Catholic faithful has steadily decreased in France for decades? Is it a sign of a rebirth, especially considering that, at the same time, more adults are baptized each year?