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一连数日，这个欧洲最世俗化的国家之一法国，仿佛正经历一场天主教复兴浪潮。
据梵蒂冈方面消息，周六在巴黎举行的教皇利奥十四世户外弥撒吸引了约80万民众走上街头。现场可见神父无需告解亭，直接在户外为信众办理告解。
前一晚，约8万名年轻人聚集在法国国家足球与橄榄球体育场法兰西体育场，参加一场充满歌唱与舞蹈的活力祈祷晚会。
在 Lourdes（卢尔德）——信徒称当地著名的天主教圣地有治愈泉水喷涌而出——教皇乘坐教皇专车途经时，街道上挤满了挥舞旗帜、高举婴儿的朝圣者。周日当地的弥撒吸引了超过15万名参与者。
而就在这个国家，法国大革命期间曾有数百名神职人员被公开处决，其中许多人被送上了断头台。
天主教复兴？
法国驻圣座大使夏尔·佩尔纳兹将教皇的此次访问形容为“教皇与法国人民之间充满活力的交流”，并表示此次访问“呼吁年轻人投身和平事业，不要畏惧未来”。
“事实上，这对法国乃至全欧洲的年轻人来说都是一个奇妙的信号，”他说道。
如此盛大的欢迎场面，是首位美国籍教皇迎来的礼遇，同时也引发了一个疑问：信仰是否正在法国复兴？
部分迹象显示民众对宗教的兴趣有所回升。法国主教团统计显示，今年复活节共有21386名成人和青少年接受洗礼，其中包括13234名成人，较去年增长28%，人数更是十年前的三倍多。
利奥在此次访问期间特意公开探望了部分新受洗的信徒。
不过，法国总人口接近7000万。法国国家统计机构最新的一项综合调查显示，51%的18至59岁人群表示无宗教信仰，仅有29%的人自称天主教徒。
同一项调查还显示，增长最快的宗教群体是不隶属于天主教的基督徒。在18至49岁人群中，这一群体的占比在过去十年间从2.5%升至9%。同一年龄段内，穆斯林人口占比从8%升至11%。
法国的多项法律也反映了天主教教义与公共政策、公民价值观之间的分歧。2024年，法国将堕胎自由权写入宪法保障。上个月，法国通过一项法律，允许重症且无法治愈的患者在特定条件下接受辅助自杀。这两项举措均与天主教会关于生命神圣性的立场相悖，利奥在此次访问期间也公开表态反对这两项法案。
天主教信徒占比在西方多国均呈下滑趋势。皮尤研究中心的宗教景观研究显示，在美国，自称天主教徒的成年人占比已从2007年的24%降至2023至2024年的19%。
巴黎与卢尔德的场面显然鼓舞了教皇利奥以及法国各地的神职人员。但这些场景是否预示着教堂出席率或宗教信徒占比出现持久变化，仍有待观察。
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/pope-leo-on-visit-to-paris-slams-legalization-of-assisted-dying-in-france-as-immoral/
Pope Leo draws massive crowds in France. Is Catholicism making a comeback?
September 28, 2026 / 3:08 PM EDT / CBS News
For a few days, France — one of Europe’s most secular countries — looked like it was in the throes of a Catholic revival.
An estimated 800,000 people filled the streets for Pope Leo XIV’s outdoor Mass in Paris on Saturday, according to the Vatican. Priests there were seen hearing confessions out in the open, no confessional required.
Pope Leo XIV, with the Arc de Triomphe in the background, waves from the popemobile as he arrives to celebrate Mass in Place de la Concorde in Paris, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2026. Gregorio Borgia via AP
The night before, roughly 80,000 young people gathered for a lively prayer vigil full of singing and dancing at the Stade de France, the national football and rugby stadium.
In Lourdes, where believers say a famous Catholic shrine gushes with healing waters, streets were crowded with pilgrims waving flags and holding babies aloft as the pope passed in his popemobile. More than 150,000 people attended Sunday Mass there.
This, all in a country where hundreds of clergy were publicly executed during the French Revolution — many by guillotine.
A Catholic revival?
French Ambassador to the Holy See Charles Personnaz described the pope’s visit as a “very living exchange between the pope and the people of France” and said it allowed an “appeal to the young people to engage themselves for peace, not to be afraid of the future.”
“And that is a wondrous sign for the youth of France and everywhere in Europe, in fact,” he said.
The crowds offered a striking welcome for the first American pope. They also raised a question: Is faith making a comeback in France?
Some evidence suggests renewed interest. The French bishops conference counted 21,386 adult and adolescent baptisms at Easter this year. That number included 13,234 adults, up 28% from last year and more than triple the number a decade ago.
Leo made a point to publicly visit some of the newly baptized during his visit.
Still, France has a population of nearly 70 million, and in the latest broad survey from the national statistics agency, 51% of people aged 18 to 59 said they had no religion. Just 29% identified as Catholic.
The same survey showed the fastest-growing religious category was Christians who did not identify as Catholic. Their share rose in the last decade from 2.5% to 9% among 18- to 49-year-olds. Islam rose from 8% to 11% in the same age range.
A number of French laws reflect the gaps between Catholic teaching and public policies and civic values. In 2024, France added a guaranteed freedom to seek an abortion to its constitution. Last month, it enacted a law allowing assisted dying under specified conditions for people with serious, incurable illnesses. Both measures conflict with the Catholic Church’s position on the sanctity of life, and Leo spoke out against both on this trip.
Catholic affiliation also has been falling across much of the West. In the U.S., the share of adults identifying as Catholic dropped from 24% in 2007 to 19% in 2023-24, according to Pew Research’s Religious Landscape Study.
The scenes in Paris and Lourdes have visibly inspired Pope Leo and clergy across France. But whether they signal a lasting change in church attendance or religious affiliation remains to be seen.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/pope-leo-on-visit-to-paris-slams-legalization-of-assisted-dying-in-france-as-immoral/
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