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Decline in those relying on church

  • 23-11-2009 10:45am
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    MackDeToaster
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    Strange, a few weeks ago I read that church attendance is increasing, now today I see this in the Times..

    http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/1123/1224259299333.html

    "A comparative analysis between all three surveys indicates that there has been a marginal decline in the proportion of Irish women relying on the Catholic Church for emotional support between 2007 (20 per cent) and 2009 (17 per cent).
    A similar decline in deference towards the Catholic Church is evident in the male population between 2008 (14 per cent) and this year (11 per cent).


    All in all, therefore, the same core message emerges from today’s coverage of the poll as from yesterday’s. Namely, that people will be drawing upon their own inner resources and the support of friends and family in navigating their way out of this recession, with limited faith in either church or State to guide them along the way."


    Of course that other report was by the Iona Institute wasn't it, not exactly unbiased, but I don't know who this one was from. However 11% and 17% seems quite low to me which is good.



    Actually, a quick google leads me to believe that this is the source, but I can't find the actual report containing these details. There is a Behaviour & Attitudes from September, but no mention of the above that I can find at a quick glance.



    http://banda.ie/reports.html


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