Roman Catholicism continues to gain faster than Protestantism in the U.S.. according to the Yearbook of American Churches for 1961, published this week by the National Council of Churches. Protestant-Catholic membership comparisons are notoriously approximate—Protestant bodies generally count only confirmed, active members, while the Roman Catholic Church counts all, who have been baptized. Catholics are up 3.4% from last year's report, with 40,871,302 members; Protestants are up 1.7%, with 62.534,502 members (in 226 bodies); total U.S.-church membership is up 2.4%, with 112,226,905. The number of Jews reportedby the Synagogue Council of...
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