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USCCB publishes survey on race, racism, diversity
November 14, 2026
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CWN Editor's Note: The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops published “Experiences of Race, Diversity, and Racism,” a 162-page survey conducted by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University.
75% of Native American Catholics, 66% of African-American Catholics, 54% of Asian Catholics, and 29% of white Catholics say they have experienced racial discrimination (p. 88).
70% of respondents described their parish as “traditional,” and 26% described their parish as “progressive” (p. 46); 34% would like their parish to become “more traditional,” and 24% would like it to become “more progressive” (p. 51). Higher numbers of white Catholics, Hispanic Catholics, African-American Catholics, and Asian Catholics would like their parish to become “more traditional” as opposed to “more progressive”; Native Americans would like their parish to become “more progressive” (as opposed to “more traditional”) by a 26%-25% margin.
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