The Catholic population has dropped by 18 per cent to 667,017, baptisms are down 39 per cent and marriages by 63 per cent. Vocations to the priesthood, have, in particular, taken a battering, down 79 per cent from 159 in 1982 to just 33 in 2008, the most recent figures listed, although there are signs of a mild improvement.
Meanwhile membership of the Humanist Society of Scotland has risen by over 700 per cent, and they predict that in 2010, their celebrants will conduct more weddings than the Catholic Church.
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