Los obispos responden a una “realidad creciente”: niños que piden la Comunión sin estar bautizados

In brief

Bishops are addressing a growing trend where children arrive at parishes seeking First Communion or Confirmation preparation without having received baptism.

According to Elena Magariños for Vida Nueva, catechists are increasingly discovering during the initial stages of religious education that these children have not yet been baptized. While some children join parish programs specifically to make their First Communion, others are preparing for the Sacrament of Confirmation.