>Less than 25% of those members actually attend church weekly, but the others are still counted as "Catholics" because you have to go well out of your way to ha

>Less than 25% of those members actually attend church weekly, but the others are still counted as "Catholics" because you have to go well out of your way to have yourself formally removed from the church membership rolls. This only matters if people use the numbers that the Catholic Church tells them. The real reason people get counted as Catholic (or any religion or group) is because those people identify as Catholic on surveys and such. People in my social circle identify as Catholic while also not having been to a Mass in years outside of an invited event (e.g. wedding). So they would still get counted.