“Abortion was on the ballot in just one state in the elections held in the United States on November 7, but the issue resonated in contests elsewhere. Ohio was the lone state with abortion on the ballot – an amendment to the state constitution which would enshrine a right to abortion. ”
“The Pew Research Center noted in a study last April that Latino Catholics living in the US are beginning to walk away from their Church. Less than half of them now say they are still Catholic (43%), compared with 67% in 2010... "no religious affiliation" group, rising from 10% to 30%.”
“The vote follows a memo that the USCCB doctrine comt. published last March that calls for ban on gender therapies, i.e. all mental, hormonal and physical treatments given to individuals who do not recognize themselves in their birth sex... not respect "the fundamental order of human body".”
“As of 2022, 43% of Hispanic adults identify as Catholic, down from 67% in 2010," said the report, "Among U.S. Latinos, Catholicism Continues to Decline but Is Still the Largest Faith.”
“As the United States marks "Black History Month" this February, African-American Catholics are searching for their place in a Church where they feel unheard”
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The politics of abortion wins big in ’23 US elections
Catholic Church in US trying to keep Latinos in the fold
Catholic bishops in US wade into debates over gender therapy
Hispanics continue their rise among US Catholic population
Black Catholics in the US are leaving the Church
