This would be far too small a number for a Sunday mass attendance.

"Religious practice and Sunday Mass attendance are still very low."

Sunday mass attendance reflects this decline over the course of three decades.

Regular Sunday Mass attendance is down in the single figures.

The French church struggles with a shortage of priests and Sunday mass attendance is below 10 percent.

It came as a brutal shock to discover or acknowledge the fact that Sunday Mass attendance was only between 15% and 20%, in our parishes.

Nationwide, Sunday Mass attendance, generally considered the most reliable measure of Catholic commitment, has fallen.

A motion was brought up as to whether we should ask Team members to commit to prayer and Sunday Mass attendance as a requirement.

According to Archbishop Charles Scicluna, Sunday mass attendance dropped further to roughly 40% by 2015.

Until 1998, the Roman Catholic Church annually published key figures such as Sunday Mass attendance and the number of baptized children.

Many U.S. Catholics shun Sunday Mass attendance or disregard such Vatican positions against contraception and divorce.

In a reference to the Vatican's insistence on Sunday Mass attendance, Benedict said Catholic faith "is a legacy that is surely perfected and nourished" at Mass.

However, the Sunday Mass Attendance Census 2005 commissioned by the Church of Malta reports that, as of 2005, only 52.6% of the population attended religious services on a regular basis.

Following the example of my predecessors, and in the wake of the Diocesan Synod, I reminded the people on several occasions of the importance and meaning of the Sunday Mass attendance.

The parish receives more than $200,000 a year from the archdiocese to stay afloat; Sunday Mass attendance at three services totals about 250, among the lowest in the South Bronx; the church's aging building needs extensive repairs.

As unrealistic as it may seem in these circumstances, both Polding and Treacy considered Sunday Mass attendance, reception of the sacraments, and personal prayer outcomes from Catholic schools as matter for assessing the achievement of their goal.

However, your reports do not hide the anxiety which you are experiencing in relation to the liturgical life of the faithful in your nation: the continuing decline in Sunday Mass attendance in Australia justifiably a cause of concern.

In order to curb Pietism several Royal Decrees and Acts of Parliament were proclaimed in the 18th century, which forbade Swedish citizens to practice any religion besides mandatory Lutheran Sunday Mass attendance and daily family devotions.

In the second decade of the 21st century the figure is estimated at some 25% compared to the 40% national average, though one should note that with the retired approaching 30% of the total parish population, low Sunday mass attendance might also result from reduced mobility of the elderly.

The evening Mass on Saturday is liturgically a full Sunday Mass and fulfills the obligation of Sunday Mass attendance, and Vespers (evening prayer) on Saturday night is liturgically "first Vespers" of the Sunday.

In a country where the Vatican wields considerable political influence, but where many of the baptized majority commonly ignore church rules like mandatory Sunday Mass attendance, it is not infrequent for the parade of Italian politicians showing up for papal ceremonies to include divorced, remarried Catholics.

Also in the most populous eastern Europe country and EU member Poland there has been a sharp reduction in church attendance since 2005, although with 41.5% in 2009 still well above the single digit figures that are so typical for Sunday mass attendance in other EU countries.