Her parents were both practicing Catholics, who con-fessed and went to mass regularly.

Membership is open to practicing Catholics over the age of 18.

Since the early 2000s the number of practicing Catholics have been reported to be declining in millions throughout the world.

She is known to practicing Catholics also as the patron saint of beer.

Just the same, a majority of practicing Catholics said they seldom or never consult their priests about personal problems.

Of Spain's 43 million people, only one in five consider themselves practicing Catholics.

There will always be a hard-core audience for the spectacle of old people and practicing Catholics talking dirty.

Of 30 students in her class, 28 said they were practicing Catholics.

Members of these groups emphasize that they are practicing Catholics who want to evoke change from within.

Others feel enlarged by learning this part of their history, but continue as practicing Catholics.