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It\u2019s happening in Rhode Island with Catholics<\/strong><\/a> \u2014 and now, across the pond, too.<\/p>\n

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From the Religion News Service: <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

In a challenge to conventional wisdom that church attendance is plummeting across Britain and Western Europe, the Church of England says attendance at its 43 cathedrals grew 7 percent last year.<\/p>\n

A report by the Rev. Lynda Barley, head of research and statistics at the Archbishops\u2019 Council, said \u201cattendance at services outside Sundays\u201d was up 10 percent in 2010, and \u201csteady growth\u201d in the past decade \u201cis restoring confidence in mission.\u201d<\/p>\n

About 15,800 adults and 3,100 children and young people attend Sunday services at cathedrals; over the course of a typical week, that figure rises to 27,400 adults and 7,600 children.<\/p>\n

Following the April 29 wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton at London\u2019s Westminster Abbey (which is not considered a cathedral), the Venerable Simon Burton-Jones, archdeacon for the Diocese of Rochester, told ENInews: \u201cI think we\u2019re going to have to wait a year or so to see just how the wedding impacted on people.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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