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Look what I came across, without even actively looking for it, within hours of replying to you on another thread.

We went through a liturgical reform which was to have renewed the Church; a sixty percent decline in Mass attendance over thirty years resulted.

The Religious communities which were such a vibrant part of the Catholic scene before the Council underwent "renewal" and have been staggering towards the grave ever since.

Near the end of Goodbye, Good Men, Michael Rose describes the growth and decline of the priesthood and seminary enrollment throughout the 20th century in America. If I come across more info, I will post it.

You are aware, I presume, that this decline in Mass attendance actually started while the Tridentine was still the normative Rite, aren't you? This was going to happen regardless of the Rite, and frankly I think its a part of why so few Catholics believe in the Real Presence, they don't go to Mass in the first place.

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