Global fertility rates: Here’s how majority-Catholic countries rank against rest of world — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Credit: txking/Shutterstock CNA Staff, May 7, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA). As global fertility rates continue to decline, even majority-Catholic and historically Catholic countries aren’t free from the demographic collapse, which increasingly threatens to shrink the populations of countries below the necessary rate of replacement.  Global fertility has been falling for decades, with…

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Catholic Charities to open ‘Compassion Corner’ to serve homeless, poor in Pittsburgh — By: Catholic News Agency

The Diocese of Pittsburgh’s Gismondi Job Training Program helps those in need. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Pittsburgh Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 6, 2024 / 17:40 pm (CNA). Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Pittsburgh is expanding its social services offered to people who are homeless and those in…

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New study suggests rampant ‘cafeteria Catholicism’ — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Credit: Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 6, 2024 / 18:37 pm (CNA). Ryan Burge, a leading researcher on religion and politics, recently compiled data indicating that “cafeteria Catholicism” is rampant in the United States. Specifically, the country’s Catholics express widespread disagreement with the Church’s teaching on abortion, euthanasia, and the death penalty. The…

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