Oh yeah. They're enthusiastic.
“Devotions to the rosary” are not what Christ taught His followers. He told us to be born again in Him.
The number of adherents is not what is statistically most significant, but the percentage. The projected number of 100 million by 2050 is part of the projected total US population of 439 million in 2050, a 46% increase from 2007, and which is due to immigration (and 71 percent of the U.S. Catholic population growth since 1960 was due to Hispanic Catholics, 54% of which are charismatic).
The study also states that “More than two-thirds [68%] of Americans raised as Catholic remain Catholics as adults, a higher percentage than most Christian groups, according to an analysis of data from the Pew religious landscape survey by CARA’s Gray.”
Hindus, Jewish, Muslim, Greek Orthodox and Mormons have the highest retention rate, and evidences that culture is a strong factor.
When not separating Protestants into distinct groups, the retention rate for Protestants overall is 80% (those raised Protestant and remain so, if not identifying with one particular church) while an additional 3% is claimed for Catholics based on how many who left the church are estimated to have returned to the faith. However, this measure is not used for other faiths. Meanwhile only 2.6% of adults have become Catholic after having been raised in a different faith, and those who have left Catholicism outnumber those who have joined the Catholic Church by nearly a four-to-one margin.
More: http://peacebyjesus.tripod.com/rc-stats_vs._evang.html
All it means is that the number of liberals who vote for the demokrats will grow.
Well then, they'd better start preaching the truth about the socialist, baby-killing, packer/muncher, phony-catholic RATs that infest their ranks, or this country is doomed.
And they will deserve to be blamed for it.
My Catholic neighbor told me how this counting works in his parish. There a number of “members” in a parish who are counted even though they rarely attend. It is the majority of members, sadly. Hopefully, that isn’t representative across the nation.
I am looking for lives changed by Christ.
Blessed be God. Blessed be His Holy Name
Blessed be Jesus Christ, true God and true Man
Blessed be the Name of Jesus
Blessed be His Most Sacred Heart
Blessed be His Most Precious Blood
Blessed be Jesus
in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar
Blessed be the Holy Ghost, the Paraclete
Blessed be the great Mother of Christ, Mary most Holy
Blessed be her Holy and Immaculate Conception
Blessed be her Glorious Assumption
Blessed be the Name of Mary, Virgin and Mother
Blessed be St. Joseph, her most chaste spouse
Blessed be God in His Angels and in His Saint
Blessed be God. Blessed be His Holy Name
Blessed be Jesus Christ, true God and true Man
Blessed be the Name of Jesus
Blessed be His Most Sacred Heart
Blessed be His Most Precious Blood
Blessed be Jesus
in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar
Blessed be the Holy Ghost, the Paraclete
Blessed be the great Mother of Christ, Mary most Holy
Blessed be her Holy and Immaculate Conception
Blessed be her Glorious Assumption
Blessed be the Name of Mary, Virgin and Mother
Blessed be St. Joseph, her most chaste spouse
Blessed be God in His Angels and in His Saint
Daniel,
Aren’t all of us immigrants to the United States in one way or another? What’s the big deal?
(Unless we are native Americans, that is.)