[Campion]

the numbers do not reflect “conversions “ but relocations

The flipside of that is that the closing of parishes and the shrinking of dioceses in the North reflects those same relocations.

But there are certainly conversions, as well.

[ansel12]

I would think that it is mostly immigration, we can’t pretend to not know that literally millions of Catholics are moving to America from Mexico, almost 10% of their population lives here now.