Courtesy of HuffPo:
Roughly half of Americans raised in Catholic households have left the church at some point -- and most of them have stayed away for good, according to a recent report by Pew Research Center.
These "former Catholics" make up 15 percent of the U.S. population, according to another recent survey by Public Religion Research Institute. These Americans are largely abandoning religion altogether after leaving the Catholic Church, while others find new homes in Protestant denominations and non-Christians faiths.
And the good news just keeps right on coming.
Around half of those raised in Catholic churches have abandoned their faith, and around half of those have abandoned religion altogether.
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