Europe

Austria

The Habsburg Empire's spiritual heartland — home to Vienna's baroque splendor, Mozart's Masses, and the Mariazell shrine — Austria's Church is now among the most rapidly declining in Europe, hemorrhaging members and confronting a transformative internal reform movement.

Austria
St. Rupert of Salzburg, St. Florian, Bl. Karl of Austria (last Habsburg emperor), St. Clemens Maria Hofbauer
Austria
Assumption of Mary (Aug 15) — National Holiday; All Saints Day (Nov 1); Mariazell pilgrimage (major national pilgrimage site)
Catholic Population:
4.5 million
Percent Catholic:
50%
Church Status
Under Pressure
Primary Diocese:
Archdiocese of Vienna

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