Curious trend

Children catch up on baptisms for this joint celebration

The number of births is falling, the number of baptisms even more so. And not just because there are more children of other faiths - parents' world views have changed. But in Upper Austria there is a curious trend surrounding baptism and first communion.

It is an unusual trend: while fewer and fewer parents are having their children baptized as Catholics after birth, the little ones often want to make up for it on their own.