
Yearslong Decline in Christianity ‘Leveling Off’ in US, Pew Survey Shows
For every convert to Catholicism, there were more than eight who left through 'religious switching.'
For every convert to Catholicism, there were more than eight who left through 'religious switching.'
‘The Sunday Eucharist is the foundation and confirmation of all Christian practice. ... Those who deliberately fail in this obligation commit a grave sin.’ (CCC 2181)
Pew’s survey found that only 35% of Catholics hold a favorable view of Biden while 64% have an unfavorable view of the incumbent president.
Data shows that Catholicism is growing fastest in the South and West, even as it declines in the Midwest and the historically Catholic Northeast.
The self-reported Mass attendance numbers in the Pew study combine those Catholics who say they attend in person, virtually, or both.
According to the survey, 15% of those who “seldom or never pray” also say they have prayed for an end to the pandemic, and even 36% of those whose religion is “nothing in particular” say they have prayed about the virus.
Catholics account for 28 of the 96 new members of Congress.
However, the Pew Research Center said that, for the first time, its survey showed the religiously unaffiliated outnumber Catholics in the U.S.
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