andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com - 3/10/2009
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A region particularly hard-hit by the sex abuse scandal, whose criminal cardinal, Bernard Law, was rewarded with a sinecure in Rome, has reacted to the collapse of the hierarchy's moral authority in ways similar to Europe: In Massachusetts, the decline is particularly striking - in ...
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New England's Catholicism Cramdown
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... By Fester:
Andrew Sullivan is highlighting the collapse of the Catholic Church in New England and I have some perspective on this collapse.
In Massachusetts, the decline is particularly striking - in 1990, Catholics made up a majority of the state, with 54 percent of the residents, but in 2008, the Catholic population was 39 percent. At the same time, the percentage of the state's residents who say they have no religious affiliation rose sharply, from 8 percent to 22 percent....
"The huge loss, in absolute terms and as a percentage, ...
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