Younger generations of Northern Irish Catholics are less pious than older ones
By some measures Northern Ireland’s Catholic community is thriving. The census taken earlier this year is expected to show a rough demographic balance between Catholics and once-dominant Protestants—reinforcing the sense that the united Ireland desired by most Catholics is all but certain.
Thirty years ago, Northern Irish Catholics were among the Western world’s most observant religious groups, more so even than Catholics in the Irish Republic. Nine out of ten claimed to attend Mass regularly; now just 46% say they go at least once a month, with younger generations less pious than older ones.
Northern Ireland also has a cohort of conservative young Protestants who resemble American evangelicals, says Gladys Ganiel, a scholar of religion at Queen’s University Belfast. But there is no Catholic equivalent . Generally, attachment to Catholicism is loose and extensive; evangelical Protestantism is tighter and more zealous.
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