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November 2019

November 26, 2019

NBC’s survey of Catholic Church employees reveals divisions

1 in 3 Catholic Church employees says sex abuse/misconduct is "still a major problem." Details:...

November 09, 2019

Why are fewer U.S. Latinos Catholic?

RNS unpacks that question, drawing on details from a recent Pew report: Harold Morales, a...

September 2019

September 24, 2019

Bust: Catholic baptisms, marriages plummet in Philadelphia

Whoever follows Archbishop Chaput has his work cut out for him. Details: Much like the...

January 2019

January 31, 2019

Answering Father White: why children belong in church

An excellent rejoinder from Timothy O'Malley in Church Life Journal: In a recent blog post, Fr....

January 31, 2019

Study: People who go to church are happier

That probably won't surprise the jolly people in the pews, who knew that already. It's...

January 11, 2019

Gallup: Catholics losing faith in clergy and church

Via CNN: American Catholics' faith in the church and clergy has fallen sharply in the...

December 2018

December 07, 2018

The 80s party girl who is now a defender of the Catholic faith

From The New York Times: Princess Gloria von Thurn und Taxis breezed through her 500-room...

August 2018

August 01, 2018

Why don’t more Americans go to church? It’s complicated.

From a new survey by Pew: In recent years, the percentage of U.S. adults who...

April 2018

April 19, 2018

Praying for justice: Churches decide to stop calling the police

From The Washington Post: First Congregational Church of Oakland shares a neighborhood with many homeless...

April 09, 2018

Gallup: Catholic church attendance slides; only 4 in 10 go to Mass in any given week

From Gallup's website: Weekly church attendance has declined among U.S. Catholics in the past decade,...

March 2018

March 26, 2018

‘Easter is calling me back to the Church…’

Here's one woman's perspective, from the op-ed page of The New York Times. She stopped...

March 16, 2018

‘Hispanics are changing and, some say, saving Roman Catholicism…’

From The Columbus Dispatch: In Columbus and across the Midwest, Hispanics are changing and, some...

March 03, 2018

Why are young people leaving the Catholic Church? This helps explain it.

This first dropped a few weeks ago, but hasn't gotten nearly the attention it deserves....

October 2015

October 27, 2015

Pew Research Center: Most U.S. Catholics disagree with Church teaching on what is sinful, want changes in Communion rules

Details: Most U.S. Catholics (62%) think the church should allow Catholics who have been divorced...

October 27, 2015

Pew Research Center: Most U.S. Catholics disagree with Church teaching on what is sinful, want changes in Communion rules

Details: Most U.S. Catholics (62%) think the church should allow Catholics who have been divorced...

October 18, 2015

Transgender activist: Bishop, priest supportive of my transition

This op-ed piece appeared in the Edmonton (Canada) Journal last week, written by transgender activist...

October 18, 2015

Transgender activist: Bishop, priest supportive of my transition

This op-ed piece appeared in the Edmonton (Canada) Journal last week, written by transgender activist...

September 2015

September 23, 2015

RIP Lawrence Peter Berra, the sports legend named for a deacon saint

The Yankees legend, and lifelong Catholic, died yesterday at the age of 90: Yogi Berra,...

September 23, 2015

RIP Lawrence Peter Berra, the sports legend named for a deacon saint

The Yankees legend, and lifelong Catholic, died yesterday at the age of 90: Yogi Berra,...

September 22, 2015

New York Times: Francis to find a “church in upheaval”

The Times this morning has a very good, refreshingly balanced overview of the Catholic Church Pope Francis will...

September 22, 2015

New York Times: Francis to find a “church in upheaval”

The Times this morning has a very good, refreshingly balanced overview of the Catholic Church Pope Francis will...

September 18, 2015

A first: new Catholic parish in California to be named for Blessed Oscar Romero

Big news this week out of the Diocese of San Bernardino: Bishop [Gerald R.] Barnes...

September 18, 2015

A first: new Catholic parish in California to be named for Blessed Oscar Romero

Big news this week out of the Diocese of San Bernardino: Bishop [Gerald R.] Barnes...

September 17, 2015

What does it take to be “Catholic”?

A new study pinpoints how self-identified Catholics answer that question: A Pew Research Center survey...

September 17, 2015

What does it take to be “Catholic”?

A new study pinpoints how self-identified Catholics answer that question: A Pew Research Center survey...

September 15, 2015

Study: half of U.S. Catholics have left the Church “at some point”; but 70% say they could never imagine leaving

Details: Some older American Catholics might remember a time when people thought of the Catholic...

September 15, 2015

Study: half of U.S. Catholics have left the Church “at some point”; but 70% say they could never imagine leaving

Details: Some older American Catholics might remember a time when people thought of the Catholic...

September 14, 2015

Changes in Catholic America: a snapshot of the country the Pope will be visiting

The good folks at Pew offer this demographic snapshot of the country Pope Francis will...

September 14, 2015

Chris Matthews writes about growing up Catholic in Philadelphia

From Philadelphia Magazine: We lived in a totally Catholic world — Irish Catholic. Mass at...

September 14, 2015

Chris Matthews writes about growing up Catholic in Philadelphia

From Philadelphia Magazine: We lived in a totally Catholic world — Irish Catholic. Mass at...