Modernism Declines While Catholicism Grows in the U.S.
Modernism Declines While Catholicism Grows in the U.S.
U.S. Traditional Catholic parishes are growing while Second Vatican Council Catholicism is declining, Jeffrey Cimmino writes in the Washington Examiner. He gives as an example the parishes run by the Old-Rite Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter who have reported large increases in Sunday Mass attendance. In Los Angeles, the Fraternity did not have their own church until 2018, but Mass attendance over the past year doubled from 250 per Sunday to 500.
A similar situation is found in Naples, Florida, where the Fraternity of Saint Peter has been around for less than two years, but close to 400 people attend every Sunday, an increase of 20% from 2018. Daily Masses get an average of about 50 parishioners in attendance. Sunday Mass attendance at the fraternity's parish in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho increased by about 29% in the past two years, while the parish in Atlanta has grown by 30% in the …More