While home for spring break I was watching my local news and watched a piece that was based off of this article and off of a study recently held by the pew forum.
It was very interesting to me that only 4% of Americans identify themselves as agnostic or atheist. Over half of Catholics under 30 in the United States are Hispanic and not necessarily citizens of the country. Ther article states that if it were not for immigrants the Catholic Church in America would most likely have the highest conversion rates (our of the Catholic Church).
The statistics from this study were in no way shocking to me, but they did raise one question in my mind concerning the upcoming presidential election. If immigrants, who, again, are not necessarily citizens, are making up a good portion of the Church in America then how many Catholics are actually voting in this country? It makes me wonder how much the Catholic voice is actually heard in this country.
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Continuing what Bethany said, there was another article in the The Boston globe that gave several helpful pie charts concerning the break-up of religions in America. The website is:
http://www.boston.com/news/nation
/articles/2008/02/26
/us_religious_identity_is_rapidly_changing/
This is pretty interesting and I think Bethany brought up a great question. Is the Catholic voice truly being represented if many cannot vote? Another point to bring up is why aren't more Catholics sympathetic towards immigrants. Just food for thought!
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