Australia records sharp drop in Mass attendance

Massgoers declined by about a third between 2016 and 2021, new figures show.

The proportion of Australia’s Catholics attending weekly Mass fell from 11.8% to 8.2% between 2016 and 2021, according to figures released this week.

St. Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney, Australia. Chen Hualin via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

The Australian Catholic Mass Attendance Report 2021 said that the number of Massgoers dropped from 623,400 to 417,350 — a fa…