In today’s episode, Brett shares surprising and hopeful trends in the Church. Namely, the reported increases in the number of adults entering the Catholic Church. Dioceses across the United States, Canada, England, and Australia have all reported increases, even record numbers of adults becoming Catholic. He also shares recent data showing that the once staggering increase in “Religious Nones” has all but stopped. In fact, in the past two years, there has been a slight decrease in the number of people reporting their lack of religious affiliation. The episode concludes with Brett commenting and expanding on some of the recent teachings from Bishop Barron on how to strategically reach the “nones.”

References:

https://thecatholicherald.com/adult-baptisms-in-france-rise-for-fourth-year-in-succession-show-accelerating-growth/

https://www.ncregister.com/cna/nonreligious-population-in-u-s-has-plateaued

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/263161/post-election-data-shows-nonreligious-population-in-us-has-plateaued

https://www.graphsaboutreligion.com/p/the-nones-have-hit-a-ceiling

https://www.oursundayvisitor.com/bishop-barrons-five-paths-for-bringing-the-unaffiliated-back-to-the-church/

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"Southern Gothic" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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