[Magdalen] Ireland

[Roger Stokes]

On 27/05/2015 14:24, Jim Guthrie wrote:
> From: Marion Thompson
>
>> 'Overwhelmingly RC Quebec' vanished in the 60's with the silent 
>> revolution. However, Quebec is, without doubt, the most liberal (Not 
>> big L) and, if you like, most socialist province in the country.
>
> I believe that the RCC still counts all those lapsed(?) Catholics as 
> members, though. If not, Quebec would be unique in the RC scheme of 
> things <g>.
>
> Of course, if we counted members like the RCs or Southern Baptists in 
> the U.S., we all know that TEC has more than 6-million members.
>
> Ireland is probably a good example as well -- lots of non-participants 
> counted as active members by the RCs.

RC teaching is that if you are a member of that Church then you remain 
one unless and until by definitive act you leave it.  Seeing that we 
don't tell them how many RCs we receive into the Anglican Communion they 
don't know how many to take off that membership figure so they don't 
take any off.  Likewise they don't strike someone off if they haveb't 
attended mass for ages.

Roger