[ultima ratio]

The figures you post are bogus. Why? Because they count as Catholic anyone who has been baptized. As you must know, this is no barometer to indicate who is a practicing Catholic--and even less is it a barometer to judge the spiritual health of the Church. Mass attendance is a much better guage and it has dropped from 80%+ in the early sixties to around 17%--and falling--today. The loss of faith in major Catholic dogmas such as the Real Presence is an even better determinant.

[St.Chuck]

Because they count as Catholic anyone who has been baptized.

Yeah they're not Catholics. Real Catholics are the ones wearing the miter as they Freep.