Future of all those Roman (and American) churches? No need for anxiety, says pope (COMMENTARY) Lots of Rome’s 900-plus churches will be empty in the next generation or so. Read More Europe, North America, Religion, OpinionTerry MattinglyDecember 12, 2018Roman Catholic, Catholic Church, Phil Lawler, Pope Francis, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Italy, Demographics, Europe, Pope Benedict XVI, Birth Rates, Georgetown University, Roman, American Catholic, American church, Terry Mattingly, Catholic, Catholicism, Christianity