Michael Baumgartner

AN EASTER LIKE NO OTHER Easter Vigil 2026 will see: • 🇫🇷 France Over 20,000 people catechumens will join the Church at the Easter Vigil — a record-breaking surge, with 8,152 French teenagers becoming Catholic. 20% increase in numbers becoming Catholic on last year; 42% aged 18–25; 82% aged 40 or under. 400% increase in past decade • 🇪🇸 Spain Number of adults becoming Catholic this Easter increased by 164% compared to last Easter. • 🇺🇸 United States Diocese of Lansing, Michigan: 940 people becoming Catholic over Easter — highest number in two decades. Archdiocese of St. Louis: 1,000 people joining the Church this Easter — record numbers of adults. Washington, D.C.: 1,500 new Catholics this Easter — record numbers. Archdiocese of Miami: 1,000 adults entering the Church — 25% increase on last year; record numbers. Archdiocese of Boston: Record number of adults; 51% increase from last year. Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston: Highest number of new Catholics at Easter in 15 years. Archdiocese of Albany, New York: 122 adults received; 300% increase since 2021. Mobile, Alabama: Over 600 people becoming Catholic this Easter — 35% increase on last year. New York Times reports a “surge”/“explosion” of new converts with record numbers across the USA, citing online influences (e.g., Fr. Mike Schmitz, Dr. Taylor Marshall) • England ✝️ Nottingham: Highest number of new Catholics this Easter in 40 years. Archdiocese of Liverpool: Record numbers of adults for baptism and full communion. Westminster : Largest Rite of Election in 15 years. • 🇧🇪 Belgium Record numbers of adult baptisms this Easter: 30% increase from last year and 300% over the past decade. • 📱 Tens of thousands of young people across the Western world posting on social media about their impending conversions to Catholicism. • 🇻🇦 🌎 Overall Catholic Church membership passed 1.422 billion for the first time (per 2026 Pontifical Yearbook)

Just a reminder for Christian's celebrating Easter this week. Jesus looked like the guy in the first picture - not the second.

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