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The census, taken every 10 years, revealed that in 2021, 27.5 million people — 46.2% of the population of the U.K. population — described themselves as Christian compared to 33.3 million people (59.3%) in 2011.

If trends first identified in 1990 accelerate over the next half-century, Christianity will have fewer adherents than Americans who are not affiliated with any church, according to the study, “Modeling the Future of Religion in America,” released Sept. 13.

With the issuance of two recent Gallup polls on Americans’ belief in God and their views on morality, one could come to the conclusion that the United States could be in a heap of trouble.

The percentage of Catholics in the U.S. population in 2021 held steady at 21% in the latest Pew Research Center survey, issued Dec. 14.

“What did I do wrong?” we ask. “What should I have done differently?”

Catholics should consider several ways to approach those who are unaffiliated or disaffiliated from the Church.

If the opposite of love is not hate, but indifference, we may be having an outbreak of indifference in the realm of institutional religion. There may be a silver lining, however. Many people are spiritually hungry.

“None of the above” is the fastest-growing religious identifier in the United States and now approximates the percentage of Catholics in the country.