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MineralMan

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6. I'm sure that's part of it.

Reply to Guppy (Reply #5)

Tue Dec 18, 2018, 11:41 AM

Dec 2018

In several areas, the Catholic Church in the United States is in decline, overall. My three posts today and one from yesterday have to do with that decline. Part of it is probably due to the general decline of religious belief here, and part of it is specifically due to the child sex abuse scandal within the priesthood on a worldwide basis.

I don't expect any news that will be coming out to shift those trends.

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Nosedive: Enrollment in Catholic schools faces 'huge decline' [View all] MineralMan Dec 2018 OP

I think Catholic school enrollment is more than it used to be. I am speaking only anecdotally... The Genealogist Dec 2018 #1

Perhaps your local school is an outlier. MineralMan Dec 2018 #2

I think it may have to do with demographic changes locally The Genealogist Dec 2018 #3

Probably you're right. MineralMan Dec 2018 #4

coincides with the decline of catholics Guppy Dec 2018 #5

I'm sure that's part of it. MineralMan Dec 2018 #6

Good. Act_of_Reparation Dec 2018 #7

After years of horrible news of predatory priests preying on kids... brush Dec 2018 #8

It's all part of a picture that doesn't look good MineralMan Dec 2018 #9

Not terribly surprising Raven123 Dec 2018 #10

Good News! Voltaire2 Dec 2018 #11