Catholics in Chicago: Full Poll Results

Screening Question: What is your affiliation with the Catholic Church, if any? 1,475 adults in Cook and Lake Counties responded Never been Catholic 47.0% Currently Catholic 34.8% Raised Catholic, but currently another religion 9.5% Raised Catholic, but not currently any religion 4.5% Don’t know/Refused 4.2%   Demographics of the 601 current and former Catholics interviewed … Read more

Young(ish) Guns

Archbishop Blase Cupich is already shaking up the archdiocesan hierarchy, replacing the No. 2 he inherited—Bishop Francis Kane, 72—with a man 25 years his junior.

The State of the Archdiocese

The Chicago Archdiocese’s expenses have been rising faster than revenues, in part due to fewer faithful … Percentage drop since 1980: People attending weekly Mass1 41% People attending Catholic grade school2 55% … at the same time its inexpensive workforce is shrinking … Number of Nuns: In 1980 5,040 In 2014 1,676 33% are retired … Read more