What are some good websites to find out the status of the Roman Catholic Church Today?

Question

Yeah, I need to know what's going on in terms of strengths, weaknesses, and statistics and stuff

Answer 1

Here are a few good websites:

Official Sites:
+ The Vatican: http://www.vatican.va/phome_en.htm
+ The US Conference of Catholic Bishops: http://www.usccb.org/index.shtml
+ Catholic Bible: http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/
+ Catechism of the Catholic Church: http://www.usccb.org/catechism/text/index.htm
+ Code of Canon Law: http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG1104/_INDEX.HTM
+ Documents of Vatican II: http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/index.htm

Other sites:
+ Catholic Online: http://www.catholic.org/
+ Catholic.net: http://www.catholic.net/
+ Catholic Encyclopedia: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/index.html
+ Catholic Exchange: http://www.catholicexchange.com/
+ ETWN: http://www.ewtn.com/
+ Catholic Answers: http://www.catholic.com/library.asp
+ Catholic Culture: http://www.catholicculture.org/
+ American Catholic: http://www.americancatholic.org/
. + Catholic Updates: http://www.americancatholic.org/Newsletters/CU.asp
. + Catechism for US: http://www.americancatholic.org/Newsletters/CAT.asp

With love in Christ.

Answer 2

Read the link below.

http://catholiccitizens.org/press/contentview.asp?c=7706

To purchase the book:

Index of Leading Catholic Indicators by Kenneth C. Jones ($16.95 plus $3 postage and handling)
www.catholicindicators.com

This was published in 2002, however it was used in the "Ratzinger Report" from the Vatican in 2005.

I have the book if you have any specific question I would be happy to look it up for you and give you this books answer.
This book shows a major decline in every level of Catholicism, from priests, religious leaving. Drop in Mass attendance all since Vatican II which occurred in 1968. Vatican II was meant to be a 'springtime', I wonder what 'wintertime' is.

But Catholic have holy hope. We have a promise from Christ that the gates of hell should not prevail against It.

Answer 3

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