Despite secularization trends, a Catholic revival is seen on the horizon in France - Catholic Review

Despite secularization trends, a Catholic revival is seen on the horizon in France - Biweekly Newspaper for the Diocese of Richmond %

PARIS (OSV News) — Amid a record number of baptisms, turning the page on the abuse crisis and rapidly changing society, an “Observatory of Catholicism” was officially launched in June in Paris to produce regular, accurate and reliable data on Catholicism in France, thanks to the work of specialists, based on field surveys. Set up by laypeople and financed by private investors – with the approval of the bishops’ conference – it is an independent …

Despite secularization trends, a Catholic revival is seen on the horizon in France - Catholic Review

PARIS — Amid a record number of baptisms, turning the page on the abuse crisis and rapidly changing society, an “Observatory of Catholicism” was officially launched in June in Paris to produce regular, accurate and reliable data on Catholicism in France, thanks to the work of specialists, based on field surveys. Set up by laypeople and financed by private investors — with the approval of the bishops’ conference — it is an independent and autonom…