Austrian Church shrinks by almost 2% in a year
The number of Austrian Catholics fell by 1.99% in 2023, but is declining more slowly than previous years
The Catholic Church in Austria shrank by almost 2% last year, according to statistics released Wednesday.
The Austrian bishops’ conference said Sept. 18 that the number of Catholics fell from 4,733,085 in 2022 to 4,638,842 in 2023, a decline of 94,243, or…