This photo is independent of the story from CNS below but tells us of the malaise in the Catholic Church in Chile. This is a photo of Pope Francis' meeting with youth in Chile. It is sad and very telling. Even Pope Benedict would have had more kids and Pope St. John Paul II....sad to say the least! The popemobile is toward the left side of the photo as Pope Francis makes his triumphal tour around the throngs!
Survey: Only 24% of Catholic Women Attend Mass Weekly
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(CNSNews.com) -- A new survey shows that only 24% of Catholic
women of all ages in America attend Mass once a week -- Sunday Mass
attendance is mandatory in Catholic teaching -- but for those women born
prior to the liberal reforms of Vatican II, a higher percentage
(53%) of them go to Mass weekly. The survey, conducted Aug. 3 - 24,
2017, was carried out by CARA (Center for Applied Research), a social
science division at Georgetown University. CARA interviewed 1,508
self-identifying Catholic women by telephone and online. The results
were released this week. The survey results indictae there are 37.3
million Catholic females in the United States, among which 28.8 million
are adults. When asked, ...
4 comments:
Of the 24% who attend Mass weekly, how many are fully believing Catholics? That is, believe everything in the weak and wobbly CCC (i.e., vague belief as compared with the Catechism of Trent, or even the children's Baltimore Catechism).
Maybe a quarter of them? (Though not at the Novus Ordo church nearest me, where--from attendance stretching over a half century and more--I know it's probably less than a quarter).
So 1/4 of 24% = 6%, which is 1 in 16 Catholics actually believe it. That's the fruit of Vatican II for you.
24% is surprisingly high. In fact, I find it hard to believe that one in four Catholic women will be at Mass this Sunday. But if it's true, then that's great.
Another Vatican Distaster II success story. That "new and improved" Mass is really packing them in!
Statistics. I get that sinking feeling when these types of posts appear. I hope the 'Anonymous Carltons' of this blog are either away on business or, really busy in their parish(s) so as not to torture us for further evidence proving the obvious.
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