Easter Boom: Us Dioceses Say Rise in New Catholics May Point to Regional ‘Revivals'

Easter Boom: Us Dioceses Say Rise in New Catholics May Point to Regional ‘Revivals'

Bishop Kevin Rhoades of the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend baptizes a man at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Fort Wayne during the Easter Vigil in 2025. (Photo: OSV News/ Joe Romie, courtesy Today’s Catholic, Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend by Kimberley Heatherington (OSV News) – While the religiously unaffiliated are on the rise globally, something curious is also happening: Some dioceses have reported significant upticks in ad…

Easter boom: US dioceses say rise in new Catholics may point to regional ‘revivals’

While the religiously unaffiliated are on the rise, some dioceses have reported large upticks in adults preparing to enter the Catholic Church this Easter.

Surge in adult converts signals ‘pockets of revival’ in Catholic Church; 'They see in the Catholic Church a consistency in teaching' - The Dialog

While the religiously unaffiliated are on the rise globally, something curious is also happening: Some dioceses have reported significant upticks in adults preparing to enter the Catholic Church this Easter. Sherry Anne Weddell, the co-founder and executive director of the Catherine of Siena Institute in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and an expert in Catholic evangelization, said that the “high point” of adult Catholics joining the Catholic Church…

More than 1,000 expected to enter Church in Archdiocese of Cincinnati at Easter Vigil

by John Stegeman Based on the Combined Rite of Election and Calling to Continuing Conversion this year, 1,096 people intend to proceed to the Sacraments of Initiation. It will mark the highest number of people joining the local Church in more than 15 years. Of the total, 556 are catechumens (people who have not been baptized) and 540 are candidates (baptized Christians who will enter full communion with the Catholic Church). The total represents…

Easter boom: US dioceses say rise in new Catholics might point to regional ‘revivals’

While the religiously unaffiliated are on the rise globally, something curious is also happening: Some dioceses have reported significant upticks in adults preparing to enter the Catholic Church this Easter.Sherry Anne Weddell, the co-founder and executive director of the Catherine of Siena Institute in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and an expert in Catholic evangelization, said that the “high point” of adult Catholics joining the Catholic Church …

Hong Kong prepares to baptise 2,500 new Catholics at Easter

HONG KONG (KKP/Fides): “Those awaiting baptism will be baptised and receive the living water [Christ]. What was taught by the catechists and the Church in only the entry to faith,” Cardinal Stephen Chow S.J. told catechumens during the rite of scrutiny on March 8, part of their journey towards baptism, the Kung Kao Po reported on March 15. Some 2,500 baptisms will be administered in the Diocese of Hong Kong at Easter—1,600 adults and 900 infants…