US EditionMass Attendance Rises and Church ‘Exits’ Fall in Austria
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Mass attendance rises and Church ‘exits’ fall in Austria
The Catholic Church in Austria saw an increase in Mass attendance, a decline in formal disaffiliation, and a rise in church tax revenue in 2024.The Votivkirche (Votive Church) in Vienna, Austria. Leonhard Lenz/wikimedia CC0. The Austrian bishops’ conference said Sept. 17 that the number of Massgoers “increased significantly” last year.ShareThe Church measures Mass attendance by conducting a headcount on two Sundays in the year, known as Zählsonn…
At the same time, the number of church visitors increased, as the church statistics show in 2024. The total number of Catholics in Austria has fallen slightly, but broadly stable overall. At the reference date 31 December 2024, there were exactly 4.56 million Catholics in Austria, according to the church statistics published at the Austrian Bishops' Conference on Wednesday: in 2023, according to official statistics, there were 4.638,842. The num…
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