‘De-baptisms’ increasingly common in Italy
Every year in Italy, increasing numbers of people are choosing to go through the simple process of de-baptism, which became available 20 years ago at the behest of the Union of Rationalist Atheists and Agnostics (abbreviated in Italian as UAAR).
Iain Taylor; Religion News Service; Chiesa Evangelica Neapolis
The Diocese of Brescia, east of Milan, said in August that 75 people had already asked to be de-baptised in 2021, as opposed to 27 in the whole of 2020. The UAAR claims that more than 100,000 people have now been de-baptised in Italy.
