The Pew Research Forum report America’s Changing Religious Landscape,points out the following:
- for every Catholic convert, 6 Catholics leave. A higher rate than any other denomination.
- 13% of all Americans self-describe as “former Catholic.”
- In 2007 23.9% of Americans were Catholic. In 2014, 20.8%. “Unaffiliated” went from 16.1% to 22.8%.
- 71% of Catholics who become Protestant say the most important reason was “spiritual needs were not being met.”
- 71% of Catholics who become unaffiliated say they “just drifted away.”
In Christ, Ken.
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