In his 2003 book on the decline of the Church, he described a society in which “most ‘Catholics’ are really not Catholic, but, rather, generic Christians, and in which Catholic bishops and priests, either through timidity or policy or conviction, are reluctant to press upon their people a specifically Catholic form of Christianity.”

Traditional Catholic parishes run by one society of priests are growing in the United States, defying the trend of decline in the broader American church over previous decades. The hierarchical structure of the Catholic Church also made it more difficult to grow under a repressive government, which requires unapproved groups to travel light and flexible. Charles Pope In yesterday’s post we pondered the decline of the Catholic faith in the United States. The decline of Christianity is an ongoing trend in West and North Europe. Until we get our churches back to the committed membership the Apostle Paul mandates in 1 Corinthians 12, we will continue to see declining attendance. I spend a lot of time, reading, and prayer on why the Church is decline in this country. catholic church attendance drops Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on a new Gallup poll of Catholics: We knew that younger Catholics were going to church in fewer numbers than in the past, but what is new about this Gallup poll is the decline among older Catholics. Sure enough, there is another crisis that is causing decline in American Catholicism. The Decline and Fall of the Catholic Church in America takes you past the lurid headlines to reveal the fundamental reasons for the collapse of Catholicism in America. Developed countries with modern, secular educational facilities in the post-World War II era have shifted towards post-Christian, secular, globalized, multicultural and multifaith societies. It's essential reading for anyone who hopes to rebuild the Church. In fact, the German Catholic Church is one of the biggest employers in Germany. Maria Michonski, a 24-year-old student who said the clergy sex abuse crisis has contributed to questions she has about the Catholic Church as an institution, was not among the faithful. This article compares church membership data for the 1998-2000 and 2016-2018 periods, using combined data from multiple years to facilitate subgroup analysis. In Europe it had begun long before. The U.S. Roman Catholic Church used a special and unprecedented exemption from federal rules to amass at least $1.4 billion in taxpayer-backed … By all accounts, the Catholic Church is growing in Africa and parts of Asia but shrinking in North America and Europe. Infant baptism has declined in many nations, with thousands of churches closing or merging due to lack of attendees.