Top Vatican diplomat says decline of the West not irreversible
- Apr 14, 2021
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Spain: Catholicism’s decline a call to return ‘back to basics’
- Mar 29, 2021
While tensions have increased between the Catholic Church in Spain and the left-wing government led by Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, studies also have shown a growing rift between the Catholic Church and Spaniards in general.
Spain: Ideology, division threaten church-state cooperation
- Mar 28, 2021
Spain, a bastion of Christianity in Europe for centuries, finds itself in a crisis of faith as the influence of Catholicism continues to decline.
Spain’s Catholics say new education law would violate their rights
- Dec 8, 2020
Catholics in Spain are angry about a new education law that would downgrade religious teaching and restrict state funding for Catholic schools.
Longtime missionary says secularism is greatest threat to Christians
- Sep 8, 2020
When it comes to threats to Christianity, a longtime missionary in Africa has argued that more than physical persecution, Western secularism poses a greater danger, as the Christian faith is rapidly expanding in areas where Christians are persecuted, whereas it is declining in the traditionally Christian West.
Many causes to recent decline in American religiosity; but U.S. more religious now than at Founding
- May 7, 2020
A new study reveals both a decline in American religiosity.
Daily prayer is key to Catholics remaining active in church, says speaker
- Feb 4, 2020
Robert Feduccia, founding director of the Youth Liturgical Leadership Program at St. Meinrad School of Theology in St. Meinrad, Indiana, made respect for diversity a key theme in his keynote, “Liturgy in a Missionary Key,” at the 58th Annual Southwest Liturgical Conference Study Week in Tucson.
There are habits that can help parents pass down faith, researcher says
- Jan 27, 2020
Christian Smith is the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Sociology at the University of Notre Dame and author of ‘Religious Parenting: Transmitting Faith and Values in Contemporary America.’ He spoke to Crux.
Quebec to take ethics, religious culture out of school curriculum
- Jan 15, 2020
The government of Quebec is about to eliminate its Ethics and Religious Culture curriculum, which replaced catechesis in schools in 2008.
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