“Latin America still has the world's largest Catholic population. Church in LA reported 562MM baptized members in 2020, that's 41% of the world's share. Europe=286MM Catholics or 21%, Africa=256MM Catholics or 19%...While there were 8.2MM christenings in 2000, it fell to 5.1MM in 2020."
“USCCB just released 2022 annual report on the protection of children/youth shows fewer number of sexual abuse reported in the past 2 yrs. The report (Jul, 2021 - Jun, 22) states that 1,998 victims came forward with 2,704 allegations and this is 399 less than in 2021, 1,548 less than in 2020.”
“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%.”
“These evangelical-inspired gatherings have increased across England in the past ten years – ever since Dr. Justin Welby was installed as Archbishop of Canterbury on March 21, 2013. ”
“Mexico is the second largest Catholic country in the world in terms of members, estimated to be around 100 million people. But the proportion of Catholics in the country is constantly decreasing. It went from 89.7% of the population in 1990 to 77.7% in 2020.”
“Wall Street Journal: “Between 2015 and 2020, Christians are projected to experience the largest losses due to switching. Globally, about 5 million people are expected to become Christians in this five-year period, while 13 million are expected to leave Christianity,”
“The French Catholic, consisting of 99 dioceses, is to ordain only 122 new priests this year, the lowest number since 2016 when only 100 men ordained. The French Bishops' Conference (CEF) published this year's figures on Monday, noting that only 77 of these clerics will be diocesan priests.”
“a shortage of vocations and inverted demographic pyramids, with many elderly religious at the top and few young people at the bottom, as well as many leaving religious life. The question is: Why are they leaving?”
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