Posts tagged Demographics
In Post-Pandemic America, Will Sagging Church Health Damage Public Health?
In Post-Pandemic America, Will Sagging Church Health Damage Public Health?

(OPINION) America's religious congregations have, over all, suffered steady erosion in attendance, membership and vitality since around 2000. Analysts fret that worse may occur after the current COVID-19 emergency finally subsides because myriads of members are now accustomed to worshiping online rather than in person.

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Opinion, North AmericaRichard OstlingAcademia, Black Church, Charities, Nonprofits, Church & State, Coronavirus, Demographics, Evangelicals, Godbeat, Health, Mainline, Marriage & Family, Nones, Politics, Worship, COVID-19, richard ostling, Pandemic, Associated Press, Lifeway Research, Harvard, Human Flourishing Project, Church Attendance, Tyler VanderWeele, Christianity Today, Richard OstlingComment
Future of all those Roman (and American) churches? No need for anxiety, says pope
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.

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Europe, North America, Religion, OpinionTerry MattinglyRoman 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
Atlantic essay on Poland asks: Why do religious biases seem to accompany populist politics?
Atlantic essay on Poland asks: Why do religious biases seem to accompany populist politics?

Newspaper, magazine and broadcast reports attempting to explain the moves toward nationalist-tinged political populism in a host of European nations, and certainly the United States as well, have become a journalistic staple, which makes sense given the subject’s importance.

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Analysis, Opinion, Europe, North AmericaIra RifkinPrimary Feature, Islam-Muslims, Immigration, Politics, Ira Rifkin, Discrimination, Journalism, Jews and Judaism, Demographics, Europe, Godbeat, populism, THE WASHINGTON POST, Jewish, The Atlantic, Anti-Semitism, Muslims, Jews
When it comes to recruiting Catholic priests, doctrine often shapes demographics
When it comes to recruiting Catholic priests, doctrine often shapes demographics

(COMMENTARY) It's an often quoted fact: The number of men ordained each year is about a third of what's needed to replace priests who are retiring, dying or simply leaving. Two decades ago it was common to see between 800 and 900 ordinations a year.

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Religion, Opinion, Europe, North AmericaTerry MattinglyTerry Mattingly, Humanae Vitae, Fertility, Demographics, Priest Shortage, Cara, Georgetown University, Anne Hendershott, Catholic Families, Home Schooling, commentary, Catholicism, Catholic Priests, Catholic, demographics, Opinion, Ordination