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Census Fidelium, by Stephen P. White – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

Census Fidelium, by Stephen P. White

Fr. Raymond J. de Souza: 4 Features of the Vatican’s New Documents on Apparitions

May 18, 2024

The Bogeyman: The Leftists’ Hatred of the Catholic Church, by S. A. McCarthy

May 18, 2024

Mass in progress at St. Patrick’s, New Orleans

By Stephen P. White, The Catholic Thing, May 18, 2024

Stephen P. White is executive director of The Catholic Project at The Catholic University of America and a fellow in Catholic Studies at the Ethics and Public Policy Center.

Note: We’re moving right along quite well in our mid-year fundraising. And thanks to those who have donated for that. But it’s my duty to remind all of you who have not yet contributed to do so. Today. Tomorrow is Sunday, when we take a rest from the pursuit of lucre. And you really don’t want to have to read your humble scribe passing the collection plate every morning any more than is necessary. Do you? Click the button. Do your bit for the Catholic Thing. – Robert Royal

Last month, the Pew Research Center published a brief profile of American Catholics based on their most recent slate of survey data. There was nothing terribly surprising in the report. But neither was there a great deal that was edifying.

The portion of Americans who call themselves Catholic (20 percent) has been slumping downward in recent years. (It was about 24 percent in 2007.) Less than a third (28 percent) of Catholic adults say they attend Mass at least weekly. Only 20 percent of American Catholics say they “attend Mass weekly and pray daily and consider religion very important in their life.” …

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Census Fidelium, by Stephen P. White

Fr. Raymond J. de Souza: 4 Features of the Vatican’s New Documents on Apparitions

The Bogeyman: The Leftists’ Hatred of the Catholic Church, by S. A. McCarthy

By Stephen P. White, The Catholic Thing, May 18, 2024

Last month, the Pew Research Center published a brief profile of American Catholics based on their most recent slate of survey data. There was nothing terribly surprising in the report. But neither was there a great deal that was edifying.

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