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By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Apr 16, 2024 / 13:30 pm The incoming class of seminarians who will be ordained in 2024 is young and involved in their community, an annual survey released April 15 found. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops commissioned the Center for Applied Research (CARA) at Georgetown University for …

By Kevin J. Jones Denver, Colo., Apr 26, 2023 / 12:00 pm More than 450 men are set to be ordained priests this year, and the survey of their ordination class shows that the overwhelming majority of priests-to-be were raised Catholic in intact families and individually showed habits of frequent church …

by Peter Pinedo Washington D.C., Mar 8, 2023 / 12:15 pm On March 3 the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano reported the latest statistics about the global Catholic Church. The Vatican’s reporting is based on data gathered at the end of 2021. Here are the most important takeaways for you to …

By Peter Pinedo Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 9, 2023 / 15:00 pm A little more than a third of Catholic parents say it is extremely or very important for their children to grow up to have religious beliefs similar to their own, according to a recent Pew Research Center report. In …

by Kevin J. Jones Denver, Colo., Dec 6, 2022 / 12:00 pm The Catholic population in the United States has grown by about 2 million people in 10 years. With nearly 62 million people, it continues to constitute the largest religious body in 36 U.S. states, according to the latest …

Washington D.C., Jan 27, 2021 / 12:37 pm MT (CNA).- Americans are more likely than people in other developed countries to say their faith has strengthened during the pandemic, according to a new survey from the Pew Research Center. The survey, published on Wednesday, found that while more than two-thirds …

by Kevin J. Jones Denver Newsroom, Nov 24, 2020 / 04:50 pm MT (CNA).- A survey of recently ordained Catholic priests reports that the great majority find satisfaction in their work celebrating sacraments and in their parish ministry, but there are also difficulties and areas for which they felt seminary …

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Denver Newsroom, May 1, 2020 / 03:50 pm MT (CNA).- A segment of Americans say their faith has grown stronger since the coronavirus epidemic began, including 27% of Catholics, though the rise seems most pronounced among those who were already more religious than most, a survey from the Pew Research …

To Catholic Telegraph readers: A survey is being conducted on behalf of charitable groups in the archdiocese. The survey is being conducted in conjunction with Xavier University to try to understand how people volunteer and/or donate to non-profit organizations. Your answers will be greatly appreciated as there has been a …

By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service  WASHINGTON — U.S. millennials, born between 1980 and 2000, don’t want to be pigeonholed into categories. They are predominantly religiously unaffiliated and not identified by any political party. They are more ethnically and racially diverse than the general population. This group of 18- to …