What part of the country has become more Catholic in the last 25 years? If one were to look at Catholic population growth it would be appare...| nineteensixty-four.blogspot.com
This post is authored by CARA Research Associate Michal Kramarek, Ph.D. and provides a brief preview of a larger new study about Catholic pr...| nineteensixty-four.blogspot.com
We are undoubtedly in the feeding frenzy phase of artificial intelligence (AI) adoption. As of today, Sam Altman, the OpenAI chief has declared AI may be more intelligent than humans, noting "We are past the event horizon; the takeoff has started."| Nineteen Sixty-four
Five years ago, when COVID-19 was declared a pandemic and| Nineteen Sixty-four
The Diocese of Arlington recently released a series of it’s| Nineteen Sixty-four
As 2024 comes to an end, we can announce that CARA celebrated its 60th| Nineteen Sixty-four
All of the presidential election results are yet to come in and Media Exit Polls may still be re weighted/calibrated to best represent the electorate. With that said, the direction of the Catholic vote in 2024 seems clear. It may also be a good prediction that no candidates will skip an invite to the Al Smith dinner in the future (Mondale in 1984 and Harris in 2024 chose not to attend). Silly notions of curses aside, it can't hurt.| Nineteen Sixty-four
It is nearly a month until the 2024 election and if there is one constant in American politics for many years it has been that the Catholic vote is expected to be relatively evenly divided. | Nineteen Sixty-four
In this post we review some important marriage trends using CARA's Church Statistics database. While you may have heard that marriage is endangered and rare, most Catholics| Nineteen Sixty-four
This blog is written by CARA Research Assistant Emma Mitchell. It is based on her analysis of CARA's recent national survey on Church teachings about the environment.| Nineteen Sixty-four
In 2000, Gallup measured the percentage of the U.S. adult population self-identifying as Catholic at 25%. In 2022 (the most recent figure currently available), this share measured 23%. If you are skeptical of Gallup, the General Social Survey (GSS) in 2022 also measured the adult Catholic population at 23%. The overall U.S. population has grown since 2000 so self-identified Catholics have as well (by 8.5%), even with a smaller overall percentage share. | Nineteen Sixty-four
This post is based on a national online survey of adult Catholics. CARA surveyed 1,019 self-identified Catholics from April 21 to May 5, 2023. The questions were available in English and Spanish. This survey was commissioned by a generous contribution from FAITH Catholic. The sample was provided by Qualtrics from actively managed, double-opt-in survey research panels. Self-identified Catholics were sampled randomly from these panels. Quotas and weighting for generation and ethnicity are used ...| Nineteen Sixty-four
Catholic women’s religious institutes—globally experiencing a 22.1% decline in numbers globally—face tenuous| Nineteen Sixty-four
“In a land where hearts beat strong and true, Emerges a sisterhood, a remarkable crew.| Nineteen Sixty-four
How has the Catholic Church changed in the 10 years Pope Francis has| Nineteen Sixty-four
Which country has the highest Catholic Mass attendance? We can’t say for sure because surveys have not been conducted on the topic in every country in the world. The World Values Survey (WVS) is in its seventh wave (beginning in the 1980s) and has data for 36 countries with large Catholic populations. Among these, weekly or more frequent Mass attendance is highest among adult self-identified Catholics in Nigeria (94%), Kenya (73%), and Lebanon (69%). The next segment of countries, where hal...| Nineteen Sixty-four
A decade ago, we posted about a “micro-scoping view of the Catholic population.” It has been enough time that we felt we needed to update this. | Nineteen Sixty-four
Last Week ABC News published| Nineteen Sixty-four
The Catholic affiliation percentage among Hispanics in the United States has been in decline for the last 15 years. In 2006, 69% of Hispanic adults self-identified as Catholic in the General Social Survey (GSS). In 2021, the Catholic affiliated percentage had declined to 49%. Increasing numbers of Hispanics are identifying as a non-Catholic Christian or as not having any religious affiliation.| Nineteen Sixty-four
By Michal Kramarek, Ph.D.| Nineteen Sixty-four
In the previous post we showed that Catholic affiliation was relatively unaffected by the pandemic. Now, there is also evidence that Mass attendance may have returned to pre-pandemic levels among U.S. Catholic adults. Weekly attendance dipped to 17% in late 2020 and early 2021 according to the General Social Survey (GSS). Yet, at this year’s end, it appears just fewer than a quarter are attending Mass weekly—or at least that is what they are reporting in CARA’s polls. This is similar to...| Nineteen Sixty-four
The number of U.S. adults saying they do not have a religious affiliation rose sharply during the pandemic. In the 2018 General Social Survey (GSS), 23% of U.S. adults reporting no affiliation. In the 2021 GSS survey, 29% responded as such. The shift spans across generations. Millennials saw the steepest rise at +7 percentage points unaffiliated, followed by Generation X (+5 percentage points), the Silent Generation (+4 percentage points), and Baby Boomers (+3 percentage points).| Nineteen Sixty-four
This post is by CARA Executive Director Thomas Gaunt, SJ and is the fourth post in a series (1, 2, 3) in which CARA tracks changes among the Jesuits worldwide.The Jesuits are the world’s largest religious order with active ministries spanning across six continents. They steadily increased in number from their restoration in 1814 until 1965 when they reached their peak membership of 36,000. Since 1965 the total number of Jesuits worldwide has declined to 14,839 in 2020 but most notably the m...| Nineteen Sixty-four
This post is authored by Michal Kramarek, Ph.D., CARA Research Associate. It is the third and final post in a series that explore trends in the enrollment, in Catholic formation programs, in the United States. The first post focused on the priestly formation (it can be found here). And, the second post looked at the permanent deacon formation (it can be found here). This post provides a brief preview of lay ecclesial ministry formation. It is based on a larger new study about Catholic lay ecc...| Nineteen Sixty-four
Overall, the number of Catholic religious sisters is in decline but rising in Africa and Asia. In 1975, there were 968,526 religious sisters globally. In 2019, there were 630,099 representing a decrease of 35%. Compared to 1975, North America has 70% fewer sisters, Europe 60% fewer, and Oceania 60% fewer. At the same time, the number of sisters in Africa and Asia have more than doubled increasing collectively by 139%. | Nineteen Sixty-four
This post is authored by Michal Kramarek, Ph.D., CARA| Nineteen Sixty-four
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For thousands of years, evil in the Abrahamic world has been personified by Satan (aka “Old Scratch”). The Catechism warns of “a seductiv...| nineteensixty-four.blogspot.com