Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate
Catholic parishes disproportionately closed in poor, Black and Latino neighborhoods
By Aleja Hertzler-McCain — April 5, 2024
(RNS) — Priest shortages have played a significant role in the decisions to close parishes.
Largest Catholic parish in US being built in ‘heart of California’s dairy industry’
By Alejandra Molina — September 14, 2021
VISALIA, Calif. (RNS) — ‘It’s the best-kept secret in the nation — little Visalia building the largest parish church in modern U.S. history,’ said the Rev. Alex Chavez.
Catholics for Choice looks to reach more Latinos with new Spanish-language platforms
By Alejandra Molina — June 17, 2021
(RNS) — ‘Anti-abortion legislation disproportionately impacts people of color and particularly immigrants,’ said Jamie Manson, president of Catholics for Choice.
Why the Catholic Church can’t move on from the sex abuse crisis
By Thomas Reese — September 7, 2018
(RNS) — Many Catholic bishops and priests are frustrated by the continued coverage of the sex abuse crisis in the media. They believe they have fixed the problem and the church should be able to move on. People will not let them move on until there is full disclosure of past abuse.
In new portrait of Catholic parishes, changing demographics but continued strength
By Lauren Markoe — February 13, 2017
(RNS) Much of the books findings deal with the decadeslong migration of Catholics from their traditional strongholds in the Northeast and Rust Belt to the South and Southwest.
‘Spotlight’ draws a curious — but no longer outraged — crowd
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — November 23, 2015
(RNS) The film may draw more viewers eager to see Mark Ruffalo and Michael Keaton than folks outraged by a 2002 newspaper expose showing the Boston's Catholic Church leaders covered up for predatory priests.
Hola, Papa Francisco! Hispanic Catholics shape US church
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — September 21, 2015
(RNS) The church in the U.S. is more than a third Hispanic -- a young and growing community that forms the face of the American Catholic future.
How Catholic are US Catholics? It’s all in how you measure
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — September 16, 2015
(RNS) Being Catholic is more about beliefs and values than about attending Mass, experts find.
Catholic families: strong on prayer, weak on sacraments
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — July 10, 2015
(RNS) They skip sacraments, and Mass, too, but a new survey of Catholic parents finds some encouraging nuggets: “They still have a relationship with God and pray for their family.”
Declining number of U.S. nuns, even among traditional orders, charted in new study
By David Gibson — October 13, 2014
(RNS) The more liberal, socially active communities of sisters are drawing about the same number of new entrants as the more conservative, tradition-minded communities: very few.
Study: Catholic parishes are increasingly multicultural
By Katherine Burgess — November 15, 2013
(RNS) More than a third of U.S. Catholic parishes are multicultural, according to a study by Georgetown University's Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate.
After years of decline, Catholics see rise in number of future priests
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — September 24, 2013
(RNS) Young men today “want to give their life for something that counts. These men are tired of living in a culture of relativism. They want to say there must be something true, beautiful and good," says the Rev. Mark Latcovich, president of St. Mary Seminary outside Cleveland.
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