Interesting. I am sure I saw that poll recently where the Catholic growth in the US is mainly through Catholics coming in from South and Central America, and amongst the native US parishioners there is nearly a static situation, with as many coming in as going out.
I know that the local CC has been flooded by Hispanics, (their parking lot is right next to my church) and the few whites are mostly older couples.
I became a Catholic two years ago. There were over fifty adults plus a couple of teens in my class. No Hispanics.
My husband became a Catholic last Easter. Not quite as large a group as mine, about 40. Again, no Hispanics.
Th Church has been a comfort and a joy for me. My all who worship this Easter find the same joy, whatever their church may be.
No doubt you’ll be able to post a link to that poll so (1) the methodology can be checked and (2) we can find out if you’re being truthful.
But do not cancel out that thanks to the RCIA and the efforts of JPII and B16 to have also the “youth”, people between the ages of 16-40 step up to the plate as well as the Hispanics. This is the effects of the famous “JPII generation” for also seeing a resurge of the RCC in the USA.
No, I think you are wrong. This is not only Hispanic immigrants. We RCIA’d a few years ago, coming in from a non-denom church. Our RCIA was FULL of young people starting out, converts from Protestant churches, all different ages. This is in a middle-income/wealthy area here in Los Angeles. Our class was all white. A friend in our Bible Study, raised Muslim (!), joined about 8 years ago. The churches around here are growing and thriving. As the Pope reins in the excesses of Vat 2 and the Church returns to health, you will see even more of this.
These numbers are impressive to me, huge!! The Holy Spirit is truly at work.