From the Boston Globe: “As Younger Catholics Drift Away, the Church Considers What Works.” Some sobering data here. In 1990, one-third of U.S. children were Catholic.
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Man, I’m Tired of Inclusive Language
Inclusive language appears to be dead, and those of us who continue to demand it appear obsolete and out-of-touch.
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Good taste, bad taste, no taste: Liturgical Art and Architecture in a time of cultural exhaustion.
Rather than listen to specialists, we have mob-opinion and crowdsourced culture.
Read more10 Key Findings about Religion in Western Europe
Here are “10 key findings about religion in Western Europe” from Pew Research Center. No. 5 is disturbing. No. 10 is interesting. Secularization is widespread
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Millennials and the Parish Festival
Is the parish festival a “brick and mortar” gold fish coin toss of the past?
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The Awareness Heuristic: School Shootings and Flying Monstrances
Flying monstrances are a threat to the faith. But so is bad preaching, amateurish music, poor proclamation of the scriptures, bored celebrants, inattention to symbols, childish catechesis, and so forth.
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Compelling Data about Religious Affiliation & Practice among Young Europeans
The rates of 16-to-29-year-olds religiously unaffiliated in England and France are 70% and 64%.
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Does Religion Decline When It Becomes Liberal?
In short: it’s complicated.
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Spiritual, Religious, Media, and Music
“The combination of passivity, consuming, quality, and place has combined to help the phenomenon of the “destination church” emerge.”
Read moreChurch Attendance in the CofE: 14% Decline in 10 Years
Over at Catholic Herald, Stephen Bullivant gives his analysis – as usual for him, incisive and witty – on “Statistics for Mission,” the annual report from
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