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90,808 left church in 2022 with number of Protestants also falling
Timur Kiraz  | 11.01.2023 - Update : 11.01.2023
Catholic church in Austria registers record number of resignations

GENEVA

The number of faithful leaving the Catholic church in Austria reached a new record of 90,808 in 2022, according to statistics released Wednesday.

The number shrank from 4.83 million in the previous year to 4.73 million.

A single reason for the number of departures cannot be inferred from the numbers.

The number of people leaving the church was already relatively high at 72,222 in 2021 and represented the second-highest figure behind 2010, when 85,960 people turned their backs on the church after abuse cases came to light, according to the daily Der Standard.

"For many people, a distance to the church, which has become greater due to the pandemic in recent years, is likely to be decisive for the current high numbers of people leaving," the Austrian Catholic news agency, Kathpress, wrote on its website.

The number of Protestants is also falling in Austria. In 2021, there were 340,000 Protestant adherents to the faith. Fifty years ago, there were 447,100.

The second-largest religious group next to Catholics in Austria, compared to the total population, are nondenominational.

According to a 2021 census, there are also 745,600 Muslims in Austria, which corresponds to 8.3% of the population. In 1971, there were only 22,300.

The number of Jews, on the other hand, has shrunk from 8,100 in 2001 to 5,400.

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/ ... esignations/2785369

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【维•聚焦】再创历史新高：奥地利越来越多人退出天主教会
维城 2023-01-13 19:51 北京

根据本周公布的统计数据，2022年奥地利有90808人退出天主教会，再创历史新高。

奥地利的天主教徒人数从上一年的483万减少到473万（减少1.96%）。2022 年有473万3174名天主教徒，2021年则有482万7683名天主教徒。总体而言，奥地利天主教徒人数仍然占人口的一半多一点。

早在2021年，离开天主教会的人数就高达72222人，是仅次于2010年的第二高值，当时许多人在虐待丑闻曝光后离开了教会。2020年有58727人退出天主教会。 有分析认为，是疫情增加了很多人同教堂之间的距离。

根据来自教区的信息，去年整体经济形势衰退也加剧了这一趋势，尽管教区在收集教会捐款方面做出了让步。

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（以上内容由《欧洲时报》Tafart编译报道 ，内容参考自奥地利《标准报》《信使报》《皇冠报》《信使报》等，部分图片来自新华社及APA，转载请注明《维城》EuroNews）

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GENEVA

The number of faithful leaving the Catholic church in Austria reached a new record of 90,808 in 2022,

奇怪的是, 天主教没有離教証書的, (領洗有証書), 根本没有「離開教會」這回事, 只有「冷淡教友」((長年都没有再都教堂之類)。教會亦不會知每個教友的出席率, 堂區彌撒没有簽到點名的, 没有直接數據指出教友冷淡到甚麼程度。

如何會有實數 90808 「離開教會」呢?

相信是奧地利的報稅表格上有欄, 自稱是教徒, 屬何教會。 之後便要繳「宗教稅」由政府撥款到相關教會。
有人要省稅 (文中淺淺交代了疫情原固, 家庭收入少了?), 不再「tick」有宗教, 於是從稅局資料得出實數。

為了省稅便隱瞞宗教身份是不好, 但這些數字不能反映出人們的宗教信仰真像。