In Australia, Mass-going among Catholics is down to 9 per cent, and in some dioceses it is as low as 6 per cent, except at Christmas, when several members of the Catholic secret service who are never seen in church on any other day of the year risk blowing their cover.
02 January 2020, The Tablet
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