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A 2019 Gallup poll reported that 70% of Americans attended church regularly in 1999, with that number falling to 50% by 2018. We know the problem—Catholics are leaving the Church—but the solution is illusive. Changing some teachings to correspond to the views of society doesn’t seem to work. Many mainline Protestant denominations have ...
May 31, 2022 · The most common reason, cited by 20% of people raised Catholic who stopped attending Mass for a year or more, was: “ I moved away from the church I had been attending .”. The second-most common response is more theological: “I did not feel that attending church mattered.”.
Jan 13, 2022 · Depending on who is being asked, people have stopped going to church either because the liturgy is too stuffy and antiquated or because it is not as reverent as it used to be; the church has not ...
A two-year national study explores why young adults are leaving the Catholic Church. Saint Mary’s Press released results of the study, Going, Going, Gone: The Dynamics of Disaffiliation in Young Catholics, at a national symposium near Baltimore Jan. 16–18, 2018. The qualitative study shares the voices of young people as they describe their ...
Sep 15, 2015 · Even among younger generations, there is significant loyalty to the church: About half of Catholic adults (56%) under age 30 say they can’t imagine leaving the church. There has been speculation that the popularity of Pope Francis and the atmosphere of change around his 2-year-old papacy might inspire many former Catholics to return to the ...
Aug 24, 2018 · I leave the Catholic Church in sorrow, but also hopeful that those damaged find justice and healing, that we will leave the children’s cry room in search of grace. Amanda Auchter is the author of The Wishing Tomb , winner of the 2013 PEN Center USA Literary Award for Poetry and the 2012 Perugia Press Book Award, and The Glass Crib , winner of ...
4 days ago · In truth, the Church needs a culture shift to engage young people, it needs to walk the walk not just talk the talk, it needs to articulate clearly that its purpose is to make disciples, to bring people to personal relationship with Jesus. This culture shift is essential because of the 38% of young British Catholics who think Jesus is just ...
