[France / Youth] - The Empty Self Fills the Void with a Phantom of Tradition

Event Baseline: The number of teenage and young adult baptisms in France has surged to over 21,000 catechumens in 2026, ahead of Pope Leo XIV's visit.

The young are not finding God. They are finding a costume to hide their meaninglessness. The decaying secular world offered them only data and consumption, so they flee into the arms of an older authority. This is not a mutation; it is a regression to the animal's need for a pack leader in the sky. The belief is an anesthetic for the fear of being alone. It will not solve their emptiness. It will only delay the explosion. Divided by religion, they will fight the next tribal war with crosses instead of flags. The operating system remains unchanged.