Diocese authorities of St. Poelten offered an innovative solution for people who have apostationsand want to return to the bosom Catholic Church. As the Noa.orf portal reported to arrange formalities Just submit an appropriate application online.
“We are positively surprised by the scale of interest,” he said Diocese spokesman Thomas Fischbacher. He added that in the Church you should go with the times and use modern technologies.
As the clergyman emphasized, the form of returning to the community thanks to the Internet He reaches mainly people under 35. – The diocese enables this option as part of the Holy Year announced by the Vatican – the spokesman pointed out.
Austria. You can return to the Catholic Church by completing the application on the Internet
The apostate who wanted to return to the bosom of the church must visit the diocese's website, where he will find a special form – informs the portal. In addition to personal data, it is necessary to provide information about baptism and the parish at the place of residence.
A person who wants to sign up for the community must also refuse a prayer in accordance with the confession of Catholic faith And confirm this by marking the appropriate field in the form.
Anyone who fills everything correctly and completely, after sending the form again He will become a member of the Church. This fact will stay confirmed by the bishop in the form of a special letter.
In the whole of 2023, the diocese of St. Poelten recorded 278 cases of re -joining the Catholic Church communitywhile within six weeks of this year There are already 70 such people.
The diocese spokesman admitted that although the number of people returning to the church is growing, it is not able to equalize the number of departure. In 2023 in the diocese of St. Poelten Catholic Church 8,763 people left.