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More than thirty million, over 10% of Americans, consider themselves former Catholics. Young adults are alarmingly abandoning the Church, over 70% do not attend Sunday Mass, and 17% attend every Sunday.

Catholic weddings have decreased tragically in the past twenty years, over three thousand parishes have closed, one Catholic school closes every four days, and many parishes and dioceses are in serious financial trouble.

Diocesan and national planning focus on a shrinking Church in the USA and Europe, excepting England.

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