Around 2,500 more people left than in the previous record-setting year of 2019.A record number of Swiss Catholics formally left the Church in 2021, according to new statistics. The Swiss Institute of Pastoral Sociology (SPI) in St. Gallen said that 34,182 people left the Church last year, around 2,500 more than in the previous record-setting year of 2019. Around 2.96 million people remained members of the Church at the end of 2021, out of a total Swiss population of roughly 8.7 million. The Protestant Church in Switzerland also reported a record number of departures in 2021, with 28,540 exits. Switzerland...