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Over at\u00a0Catholic Herald,<\/em> Stephen Bullivant gives his analysis<\/a> – as usual for him, incisive and witty – on “Statistics for Mission,” the annual report from the Church of England. Here’s a taste of the sobering data:<\/p>\n

Between 2006 and 2016 (not in itself a vast span of time): \u201cUsual Sunday Attendance\u201d has fallen by 14 per cent (and 23 per cent, even more worryingly, for children), Easter attendance by 17 per cent, baptisms and \u201cthanksgivings\u201d by 15 per cent, marriages and \u201cservices of prayer and dedication\u201d by 21 per cent, and funerals by a striking 28 per cent.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And here’s Bullivant zeroing in on the essentials:<\/p>\n

Sadly, this year\u2019s report \u2013 in contrast to last year\u2019s \u2013 doesn\u2019t tell us the proportion of Anglican parish churches that either have a toilet and\/or moonlight as a Post Office.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Bullivant thinks the Catholic Church ought to follow the CofE’s lead and see what our data looks like:<\/p>\n

I dunno\u2026 call me crazy, but I\u2019ve always thought it\u2019s better to know what precisely it is we\u2019re up against.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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