Data bolsters theory about plunging Catholic Mass attendance — Harvard Gazette

Data bolsters theory about plunging Catholic Mass attendance — Harvard Gazette

Nation & World Data bolsters theory about plunging Catholic Mass attendance Christy DeSmith Harvard Staff Writer September 12, 2025 6 min read Surveys tracking religious engagement globally show decline starts after Church’s 1960s reforms In the early 1960s, Catholic bishops from around the world met to update Church doctrine for a new era. Reforms made by the Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatic…