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Tag Archives: demographics
A diocese smells the coffee: starts planning for decline of the Novus Ordo and growth of the TLM
A sink hole. That’s the image I use most frequently right now for what is going to happen to the Church in the near future. A demographic sink hole is about to open up under the Church in these USA … Read More
GREAT SCHRÖDINGER’s GHOST! Research on church attendance and … CAT OWNERS
In Christianity Today I read that… I can hardly bring myself to type… the horrific revelation that Cat Owners Are Less Likely To Go To Church This explains a lot, doesn’t it. By Schrödinger… is anyone really surprised, much less … Read More
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STUDIES: When highly developed cultures undergo sexual revolution and license they collapse with monotonous regularity within three generations
I am posting this mainly for bishops and priests to read over and ponder. I know… I know… “I’m tooooo busyyyyy to reeeeead anything morrrrrre.” No, not this time. You should pay attention to this one. Here is something, frankly, … Read More
Surviving and thriving in the Demographic Disaster we face as a Church. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
The article I read at Crisis, to which I will soon turn my attention below, has the ring of truth. But first, some scene-setting. In these USA, we as a Church are like band of adventurers on the march towards … Read More
“Meanwhile, I received this lovely note from a reader…”
We know that, in a few years, the inexorable force of demographics will massively reduce the numbers of people in the pews, people who even lightly suggest that they are Catholic, the number of priests, the properties the Church holds… … Read More
CH: Traditional Latin Mass attendees more devout and orthodox, study says. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
From the Catholic Herald. My emphases and comments: Traditional Latin Mass attendees more devout and orthodox, study says A new survey suggests Catholics who attend the Old Rite are more faithful to Church teaching Catholics in the US who attend the … Read More
GERMANY: Catastrophic! USA next? @USCCB bishops meeting and YOU. ACTION ITEM!
An image to consider. Two rays extending from the same point get farther and father apart the longer they extend. If the one ray is the trajectory of Christ’s true Church, then the other ray, that departs from it, … Read More
The demographics of church participation are shifting.
The demographics of church participation are shifting. In these USA… The numbers of active priests will drop, impacting the number of parishes open. The number of millennials going to church will drop, thus impacting parish income. The number of conservative … Read More
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Gallup Poll points to future demographic disaster. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
We are wobbling on the edge of a point where two demographic cliff faces converge. First, there is in most dioceses a clamant, ongoing loss in the number of active priests. This will get worse in the next few years. … Read More
Meanwhile, TLM groups are growing in number and numbers…
These stats are making the rounds, and I mentioned them recently. However, they popped up again at Spirit Daily. From Scientific American: Since 1990, the fraction of Americans with no religious affiliation has nearly tripled, from about 8 percent to … Read More
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