Some jottings about the newsThe percentage of U.S. Catholics who consider themselves “strong” members of the Roman Catholic Church has never been lower than it was in 2012, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of new data from the General Social Survey (GSS). About a quarter (27%) of American Catholics called themselves “strong” Catholics last year, down more than 15 points since the mid-1980s and among the lowest levels seen in the 38 years since strength of religious identity was first measured in the GSS, a long-running national survey carried out by the independent research organization NORC at the University of Chicago.How’s that ‘renewal’ working out for youse?
From Bill Tighe.
This also bespeaks of my thesis: post-1965 immigration has not added much, if any, of numbers or substance to US Catholic ranks.
ReplyDeleteFrom what I see, the Central and South American immigrants are areligious or Evangelical. Also, lots of Jehovah's Witnesses--their halls have bilingual signs out front. Growing Mormon presence as well.