Tag Archives: Roman Catholic Church

North African Islamism and Other News

Posted on January 24, 2013 by Clive D. Field

The threat posed by Islamism in North Africa is the lead story in today’s round-up of religious statistical news, with two of the other three items concerning the role of religion in state education. North African Islamism Recent events … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations, Religion and Politics, Survey news | Tagged EBacc, English Baccalaureate, Faith schools, Islamism, Islamist militants, Movement for Married Clergy, NASUWT, National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers, North Africa, priests, Prospect, religious education, Roman Catholic Church, state schools, terrorism, YouGov | 1 Comment

Anglican Comments on the Census and Other News

Posted on January 12, 2013 by Clive D. Field

The results of the 2011 religion census for England and Wales continue to reverberate around faith communities. The lead item in today’s BRIN post concerns coverage of the census in the country’s conservative evangelical newspaper for the Church of England. … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations, Religion and Politics, Religion in the Press, Religious Census, Survey news | Tagged Arun Arora, census of population, Christmas, Church of England, Church of England Newspaper, Coalition for Marriage, ComRes, House of Lords, Paul Richardson, Peter Brierley, Religious Affiliation, religious festivals, Roman Catholic Church, same-sex marriage, The Times, Twitter | Leave a comment

Christmas and Other Themes

Posted on December 17, 2012 by Clive D. Field

Today’s ‘bumper’ round-up of religious statistical news features seven stories. Two are Christmas-themed; two summarize public attitudes to the religious dimensions of the same-sex marriage debate; two report on new research among Roman Catholics; and the last highlights reflections on … Continue reading →

Posted in church attendance, Measuring religion, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Religious Census, Survey news | Tagged Bible, Bible Society, carols, Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales, census of population, Christian Research, Christmas, church attendance, Church of England, churchgoing, Clive Field, Daily Telegraph, Diocese of Portsmouth, Freedom to Marry, homosexuality, ICM Research, Ipsos-MORI, Linda Woodhead, liturgy, Mail on Sunday, Missale Romanum, nativity, nativity plays, Paul Inwood, Religious Affiliation, religious festivals, religious knowledge, religious weddings, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Catholics, Roman Missal, same-sex marriage, Simon Walters, Survation, The Sun, The Tablet, YouGov | 1 Comment

Newspaper Religion + Catholic Schools

Posted on December 4, 2012 by Clive D. Field

Today’s stories feature a longitudinal survey of the religious content of major national newspapers and the results of the 2012 annual census of Catholic schools in England and Wales. Coverage of religion in newspapers The proportion of page space (including … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations, Religion in the Press, Survey news | Tagged Catholic Education Service for England and Wales, Catholicity, newspapers, religious contents, Robin Gill, Roman Catholic Church, schools | 1 Comment

Respect for Clergy and Other News

Posted on October 13, 2012 by Clive D. Field

Herewith some news stories about British religious statistics which have come to hand during the past fortnight; they are arranged in order of release date. Evangelicals and Money Evangelical Christians are not immune from the economic downturn, with 15% feeling … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations, Survey news | Tagged Angus Reid Public Opinion, Archbishop of Canterbury, Canada, Christian Research, Church of England, clergy, ComRes, Cpanel, English Heritage, Evangelical Alliance, evangelicals, freedom of expression, heritage, Innocence of Muslims, Islamophobia, ministers, money, Newman Demographic Survey, Pastoral Research Centre, places of worship, priests, professions, Resonate, respect, Roman Catholic Church, Rowan Williams, tolerance, United States of America, women bishops | 1 Comment

Catholic Directory, 2012

Posted on January 28, 2012 by Clive D. Field

Pope Benedict XVI’s state and pastoral visit to Britain from 16 to 19 September 2010 seems to have done little to improve the religious practice of English and Welsh Roman Catholics, to judge by average weekly mass attendance over four weekends … Continue reading →

Posted in church attendance, News from religious organisations | Tagged Catholic Directory, estimated Catholic population, mass attendance, Pope Benedict XVI, Roman Catholic Church, Tony Spencer | 1 Comment

Benedict Bounce

Posted on December 7, 2011 by Clive D. Field

The so-called ‘Benedict bounce’, the reinvigoration of Catholic life in Britain consequent upon the state and pastoral visit of Pope Benedict XVI to Scotland and England in September 2010, is a reality according to a press release from the Diocese … Continue reading →

Posted in church attendance, News from religious organisations | Tagged Benedict bounce, Diocese of Westminster, mass attendance, Pope Benedict XVI, Roman Catholic Church | Leave a comment

Papal Visit Anniversary

Posted on September 20, 2011 by Clive D. Field

Seven-tenths of the British public can still recall Pope Benedict XVI’s state and pastoral visit to Scotland and England, which took place from 16 to 19 September 2010, but fewer than one-third consider that his presence here was good for … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations, Survey news | Tagged aggressive secularism, Catholic Communications Network, child sex abuse, family values, force for good, God, morals, Opinion Research Business, papal visit, political correctness, Pope Benedict XVI, Roman Catholic Church, schools, self-assessed religiosity, self-assessed spirituality, spiritual values | 3 Comments

New Reports from the Pastoral Research Centre

Posted on July 29, 2011 by Clive D. Field

The Pastoral Research Centre (PRC), the Roman Catholic socio-religious research institute established following the demise of the Newman Demographic Survey (NDS) in 1964, has launched two new series of reports on Catholic schools in England and Wales. They are all … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations, Organisational data | Tagged Anthony Spencer, Audrey Donnithorne, Brentwood, Catholic Education Service for England and Wales, education, Menevia, Newman Demographic Survey, Pastoral Research Centre, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Catholic schools, Ronald Barley, Wrexham | 1 Comment

Religious Affiliation by Birth Decade

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Siobhan McAndrew

Looking at the pooled British Social Attitudes 1983-2008 sample, I wanted to see how religious affiliation varies by birth decade in England, Scotland and Wales, and particularly how younger birth cohorts compare with older birth cohorts.
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Posted in Measuring religion, visualisation | Tagged Birth Cohorts, British Social Attitudes Survey, Church of England, Church of Scotland, Episcopalian Church, Free Churches, Non-Denominational Christians, Other Religions, Religious Affiliation, Rod Ling, Roman Catholic Church | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Roman Catholic Church

North African Islamism and Other News

Anglican Comments on the Census and Other News

Christmas and Other Themes

Newspaper Religion + Catholic Schools

Respect for Clergy and Other News

Catholic Directory, 2012

Benedict Bounce

Papal Visit Anniversary

New Reports from the Pastoral Research Centre

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