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- Indeed, about half (52%) of all U.S. adults who were raised Catholic have left the church at some point in their lives.
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Jan 24, 2024 · January 24, 2024. Jonathan Chang. Meghna Chakrabarti. (davelogan via Getty Images) About 40 million Americans have left churches and other religious institutions in the last 25 years. For some,...
Apr 19, 2024 · The recent Pew Research survey numbers show that the Catholic population has remained at around 20% since 2014, after dropping off from 24% at around the turn of the century. Catholicism is...
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Almost half of Catholics who are now unaffiliated (48%) left Catholicism before reaching age 18, as did one-third who are now Protestant. Among both groups, an additional three-in-ten left the Catholic Church as young adults between ages 18 and 23. Only one-fifth who are now unaffiliated (21%) and one-third who are now Protestant (34%) departed aft...
When asked to say whether or not each of a number of specific items was a reason for leaving Catholicism, most former Catholics say they gradually drifted away from Catholicism. Nearly three-quarters of former Catholics who are now unaffiliated (71%) say this, as do more than half of those who have left Catholicism for Protestantism (54%). Majoriti...
In addition to asking converts why they left their childhood religion, the survey also inquired as to why converts became part of their current religion. When asked why they joined their Protestant denomination, former Catholics most commonly cite enjoying the religious services and the style of worship of their new faith, with fully eight-in-ten (...
Dec 9, 2021 · Other surveys have put it more around 10%. So this is a bit higher than I thought, but still, it’s 19%. It’s not the majority. It’s not the case. So even if you average it out, four out of five people who leave religion, it’s not because of clergy abuse or something like that.
Jan 22, 2023 · Sun 22 Jan 2023 04.00 EST. C hurches are closing at rapid numbers in the US, researchers say, as congregations dwindle across the country and a younger generation of Americans abandon...
Apr 4, 2024 · The number of baptized Catholics has increased globally, rising from 1.376 billion in 2021 to 1.390 billion in 2022, with a relative increase of 1.0%. The rate of change varied from continent to continent. Africa recorded an increase of 3%, with the number of Catholics rising from 265 to 273 million in the same period.
Sep 15, 2015 · Indeed, about half (52%) of all U.S. adults who were raised Catholic have left the church at some point in their lives. A significant minority of them returned, but most (four-in-ten of all those raised Catholic) have not. Roughly two-thirds of those who have not returned (28% of all those raised Catholic) are now ex-Catholics.
