Nominally, the people of Belgium are still Catholic, but their practice of the faith is rapidly on the decline.
The latest figures from Leuven University Professor Marc Hooghe show that baptisms in Belgium declined from 93.6 percent of births in 1967 to 57.6 percent in 2009. Religious marriages suffered an even worse fate, going from 86.1 percent to 26.2 percent over the same period. And church attendance fell from some 43 percent to just 5 percent.
bigstory.ap.org/article/challenge-pope-europes-dwindling-church
The fact that 75% of Belgians support the child euthanasia proposal shows how much influence the Church has in that country.
I believe each country in Europe has its own bishops’ conference.Satan’s influence is taking over that continent. I rarely hear of any European Cardinals taking a stand on these issues. Has anything been said in response? We have the USCCB but I am not sure which body speaks for Europe’s Catholics.
This is what happens when a country gets taken over by the left. Expect the same in America if there isn’t a radical change in the current admin. Americans need to wake up.
And Obama lied in his promise not to tax the middle class.Yes and we’re already seeing it. People laughed at Sarah Palin’s comment about death panels but in effect the rationing of care is the plan to reduce costs. Even Obama’s cruel comments about well if Grandma is 90 instead of operating just give her a pain pill tells you what his philosophy is regarding the sick and vulnerable.
I just hope it’s not too late…three more years of this…
Lisa
When he was asking for our vote in 2008, then candidate Barack Obama famously promised the American people, “I can make a firm pledge. Under my plan no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase. Not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains taxes, not any of your taxes.” But as the Supreme Court has now authoritatively ruled, the Obamacare individual mandate, requiring workers to purchase the health insurance the government specifies each family must buy, is a tax. And that tax applies to the middle class and working people.
Maybe it is, and maybe that’s the problem.This is just too sad for words. I thought Belgium was a Catholic Country…Guess not.