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Stephen Bullivant

United Kingdom
As seen in: Wiley Online Library, Cambridge University Press & Assessment, The Journal of Theological Studies, MDPI, SAGE Publishing, Substack, Big Think, Foreign Affairs, University of Notre Dame, Christianity Today and
Professor of Theology and Sociology of Religion, @YourStMarys; Professorial Research Fellow of Theology and Sociology, @notredameaus; Director, @BXVICentre.
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The Traditional Latin Mass: What Might Leo Do?

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By Stephen Bullivant, Stephen Cranney
| The Pillar Verified
According to in-the-know vaticanisti, somewhere on Pope Leo’s long to-do list is a line that reads “Traditional Latin Mass” – that is, the old rite, extraordinary form, usus antiquior, or (in the Holy See’s current zingy phrase) “the Missal antecedent to the reform of 1970”. Given everything else going on in both Church and world, we might assume that it is rather far down the list. But Leo seems energetic and efficient.
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Where the Catholic Church is Growing and What It Means for the Future

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By Stephen Cranney, Stephen Bullivant
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Every year, usually without a great deal of fanfare, the Holy See publishes an exciting book with a boring title: Annuarium Statisticum Ecclesiae, or the Statistical Yearbook of the Church. Basically, it is 500-or-so pages of tables giving numbers for all manner of pastoral indicators, and for (China and North Korea notwithstanding) most every country/territory in the world. Curious to know how many baptisms were performed in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in 2022? Well, wonder no more: 152.
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Religious Transmission: A Solution to the Church's Biggest Problem

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By Michael Rota, Stephen Bullivant
| University of Notre Dame
For over fifty years, the General Social Survey has asked a large, representative sample of Americans a battery of questions, including questions about religion. These data reveal a major problem—indeed, arguably the single biggest problem—for the Catholic Church in the United States. In 1973, 84% of all those raised Catholic still identified as Catholic when surveyed as adults. In 2002, that figure was 74%. By 2022, it had dropped to 62%. More and more of those raised Catholic are leaving.
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