LONDON, July 5, 2006 ? A 260 page study has been released by the English Catholic bishops that shows a Church that has come to a point of near complete melt-down since the closing of the Second Vatica

LONDON, July 5, 2006 – A 260 page study has been released by the English Catholic bishops that shows a Church that has come to a point of near complete melt-down since the closing of the Second Vatican Council in 1965. According to the report, Mass attendance has slumped by 40 per cent and Catholic marriages by 60 per cent over the last 30 years.