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Catholic Matrimony Today, by the Numbers
In 1970 there were 426,309 Catholic marriages in the U.S. In 2022: only 98,354
By James Thunder | July 3rd 2025 11:53 AMThomas J. Burns reported the number of Catholic marriages -- in which Catholics administer the Sacrament of Matrimony to each other -- in the United States in five-year intervals in a July 5, 2023, report. His numbers were obtained from annual statistics gathered by the Center for Applied Research in…
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