Secularization Archives

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.

By Charles C. Camosy

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.

By Philippe Vaillancourt

Spanish Church leaders concerned about government secularization

Jan 10, 2020

Spanish Church leaders voiced concern for their country’s future after the government pledged to legalize euthanasia, secularize education and strip the Church of “improper assets.”

By Catholic News Service

As village churches close, Dutch Catholics leave faith rather than worship elsewhere

Jan 8, 2020

Churches appear to be less indispensable to small communities than they themselves are inclined to think. The Dutch Catholic weekly Katholiek Nieuwsblad reached that conclusion after long-term research into the effects of church closure on village communities.

By Katholiek Nieuwsblad

Monks at Saint Anselm clash with college board over power

Jan 7, 2020

Monks at a Catholic college in New Hampshire faced off in court Monday against the school’s board of trustees in a dispute over an effort to limit the the monks’ power — a move some worry could lead to increased secularization.

By Michael Casey

Decline in baptisms leads Quebec church to rethink children’s spirituality

Nov 15, 2019

The great doorway to growing in the Christian faith is narrowing from year to year in Quebec as baptisms have significantly declined since 2012 and there’s no indication the trend will reverse.

By Philippe Vaillancourt