Belgium: Mass-going rises but down 40% from 2017
In Belgium, Sunday Mass attendance is down by more than 100,000 people over six years.
Sunday Mass attendance in Belgium rose modestly in 2022 after the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions, but attendance remains 40% down from 2017, according to new figures released Wednesday.
The Church’s latest annual report, issued Nov. 15, said that Sunday Mass attendance was 6,183 higher than in 2021, when 166,785 people attended on an average Sunday ami…