By Their Fruits You Shall Know Them - Round 2

Does this fruit look ROTTEN or Nourishing?

120,000 converts in 1950
75,000 in 2012.
(Rate based on population is down 75%)

1994 - 80.000 Adult Baptisms
2012 - 43,000 Adult Baptisms
(46% decline)

1962 - 1.3 million infant baptisms
2012 - Less than 800,000
(40% decrease)

In 2011:
- 19% of Catholics identified as highly committed
- 67% moderately committed
- 14% low level commitment
Of the 19% "highly committed"
- 60% support birth control
- 33% support abortion
- 50% say going to Mass each Sunday is not necessary
- 50% say getting married in the Catholic Church is not necessary
- 50% say divorce and remarriage is acceptable
- 50% say women priests should be okay
- 66% say you can disagree with Church teaching and still be a good Catholic

60% of American Catholics believe abortion is okay
66% of these above believe it's a question of personal choice / individual conscience
53% of that 60% believe that sex outside of marriage is acceptable
63% of Americans believe the Magisterium is wrong about the necessity of the Sacraments
50% of American Catholics do not believe Christ is truly present in the Blessed Sacrament
77% of American Catholics say going to weekly mass is not necessary
57% of American Catholics say they can disagree with the Church's position Same Sex Unions and still be good Catholics
70% of American Catholics say the Vatican does not play an important role in their identity as Catholics

In the United States (all people):
1970 - 10.6 marriages per 1,000 people
2010 - 6.8 marriages per 1,000 people
(36% decline)
1970 - 400,000 Catholic weddings
2010 - 180,000 Catholic weddings
(55% decline)

Number of First Holy Communions:
- 2001: 900,000
- 2012: 800,000

EDUCATION

1947: 1653 Catholic HS in US
2012: 731 Catholic HS in US
(56% drop)

1947: 698,032 Catholic HS Students
2012: 327,000 Catholic HS Students
(54% drop)

1965: 153 Catholic HS Students per 10k Catholics
2012: 48 Catholic HS Students per 10k Catholics
(69% drop)

1966: 10,550 Parochial Grade Schools (with nuns teaching)
2012: 5,378 Parochial Grade Schools (no nuns)

1963: 4,500,000 Parochial Grade School Students
2012: 1,382,000 Parochial Grade School Students

1966: 12,373 Priests Teaching in Catholic Schools
2012: 1,199 Priests Teaching in Catholic Schools
(90% decrease)

1959: 43,000 Lay People Teaching
2012: 162,000 Lay People Teaching
(370% increase)

1967: 6,000 Brothers Teaching in Catholic Schools
2012: 698 Brothers Teaching in Catholic Schools
(88% drop)

1964: 104,000 Nuns Teaching in Catholic Schools
2012: 4,000 Nuns Teaching in Catholic Schools
(96% decrease)

1966: 309 Catholic Universities
2012: 233 Catholic Universities
(25% drop)

Support of Same Sex Unions:
2001: 40% of Catholics
2012: 54% of Catholics

Support of Abortion legal in all/most cases:
2012: 54% of white Catholics

http://www.churchmilitant.tv/daily/?today=2013-10-01