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EWTN News/RealClear poll takes pulse of spiritual health of U.S. Catholics 

September 5, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

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Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 5, 2024 / 13:37 pm (CNA).
The findings of a new EWTN News/RealClear Opinion Research survey shed light on the spiritual health of adult Catholic U.S. citizens and reveal consi… […]

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Quincy, Illinois, Catholic schools implement subsidy program to encourage Mass attendance

July 22, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

Parishioners attend a July 2024 Mass at St. Peter Church in Quincy, Illinois. This parish is one of many participating in the “Family School Agreement” meant to increase regular Mass attendance and activity among parishioners. / Credit: Randy Di… […]

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Australian Mass attendance dropped during pandemic restrictions, but young adults show up

May 24, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

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CNA Newsroom, May 24, 2024 / 13:32 pm (CNA).
A new report by the Catholic Church in Australia shows a drop in Mass attendance in 2021, a year heavily affected by pandemic rest… […]

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The state of the Catholic Faith in post-COVID Poland

January 3, 2024 Filip Mazurczak 7

In December, the Institute for Catholic Church Statistics published its annual report on the Catholic Church in Poland, the first such yearbook with data obtained after pandemic-era restrictions had been lifted. While the report does […]

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Gallup poll: Church attendance sees slight uptick; still below pre-pandemic levels

June 28, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

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Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 28, 2023 / 07:00 am (CNA).
Although church attendance in the United States saw a slight uptick in 2023, fewer Americans are going to church than they did before the start of th… […]

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In-person Mass attendance dips following pandemic, study suggests

March 30, 2023 Catholic News Agency 2

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St. Louis, Mo., Mar 30, 2023 / 09:00 am (CNA).
The results of a new study from the Pew Research Center show that in-person Mass attendance among Catholics has yet to return to pre-pandemic levels, and only about 4 … […]

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Nigeria’s newest cardinal shares secret behind the highest Mass attendance in the world

February 14, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

Cardinal Peter Ebere Okpaleke offers Mass in Rome at his titular church, the Holy Martyrs of Uganda Catholic Parish, on Feb. 5, 2023. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA

Rome Newsroom, Feb 14, 2023 / 13:00 pm (CNA).
After Nigeria was recognized as havi… […]

The Dispatch

Where is Mass attendance highest? One country is the clear leader

January 29, 2023 Catholic News Agency 15

A group of school girls receiving the sacraments of baptism and confirmation in Onitsha, Anambra, Nigeria, on May 30, 2022. / Shutterstock

St. Louis, Mo., Jan 29, 2023 / 08:00 am (CNA).
A compilation of new data by the Center for Applied R… […]

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English and Welsh bishops urge Catholics to renew commitment to Sunday Mass

November 19, 2021 Catholic News Agency 1

A post-plenary press conference at the London headquarters of the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, Nov. 19, 2021. / Mazur/catholicnews.org.uk.

London, England, Nov 19, 2021 / 13:00 pm (CNA).
The bishops of England and Wales urged Catho… […]

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Catholic bishops urge parishes in England and Wales to reach out to ‘COVID curious’

April 23, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

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CNA Staff, Apr 23, 2021 / 13:00 pm (CNA).
The bishops of England and Wales asked parishes on Friday to reach out to people who have discovered Catholicism for the first time amid the pandemic.In a reflection entitled “The Day… […]

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Cardinal George Pell: “… significant reforms are needed within the Vatican bureaucracy.”

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From a piece in The Australian (note: links may require registration) by Tess Livingstone, who wrote this biography of Cardinal George Pell, published in North American by Ignatius Press: Australia’s Cardinal George Pell yesterday called on the Vatican press […]

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