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France’s new Christians

There has been a spectacular rise in adult baptisms in France and Belgium. We meet two new Christians who explain why they chose the path they took.

The number of adults getting baptised in France has tripled in the last three years. Why are so many more adults joining the Church in France? We meet two of France’s new Christians - one baptised this Easter, one last Easter - and hear why they chose the path they took and ask whether Catholicism is changing from a religion that baptises infants to one that baptises adults and whether that is a good thing.

Presenter: John Laurenson
Executive producer: Rajeev Gupta
Editor: Chloe Walker
Production co-ordinator: Mica Nepomuceno

[Photo: The Mass was at the church of Nogent-le-Roi. Credit: John Laurenson)

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