Catholic Church in Australia - Attendance at all-time low

The number of Australians attending Catholic Church is at an all-time low.



http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/a-...922-2u81i.html

Quote:

These faithful Catholics are a diminishing demographic. Fewer than one in eight Catholics attends Mass on any weekend, the lowest average in recorded Australian history, according to figures released at the weekend. Advertisement But the church is still better off than most denominations, with Anglicans - the next biggest group - finding only 10 per cent of worshippers in church an average of at least once a month, and possibly as little as half of that going every week. The Catholic Church's chief researcher, Bob Dixon, said the sex abuse crisis within the church had affected attendance less than expected. He said an average of 665,000 people attended Catholic churches each weekend in May 2011, when the most recent national attendance count was done. This figure, 12.2 per cent of the Australian Catholic population of 5.4 million, was down 6 per cent from the last survey in 2006. About 580,000 attend every week, with the other 85,000 varying from those who come two or three times a month to rarely.

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Note, Catholicism is the largest religion in Australia.









tl;dr?



10.7% of Catholics attend church every week.

5% of Anglicans attend church every week.



When are the rest of them going to stop calling themselves "Catholic" or "Anglican" and be honest with themselves about being a member of a religion?

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