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More Adults Quit Catholic Church Than Enter It in Most Countries, New Survey Finds, by Tessa Gervasini – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

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By Tessa Gervasini, EWTN News, April 23, 2026

Despite losses from religious switching, Catholics still make up the majority of the population in a number of countries Pew Research Center analyzed across the globe.

A Pew Research Center study found that more adults leave the Catholic Church than enter it in most countries, but Catholics still make up the majority of the population in a number of countries analyzed.

The research released April 23 found that Christianity has experienced some of the largest losses of followers due to religious switching, when people identify with a different religion in adulthood than they were raised in as a child, compared with other faith groups around the world. …

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