Catholics are less generous than other American Christians,
according to a study recently published by the University of Notre Dame’s
Catholic Social and Pastoral Research Initiative (CSPRI).
“Unleashing Catholic Generosity: Explaining the Catholic
Giving Gap in the United States,” by Brian Starks, director of CSPRI, and
Christian Smith, William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Sociology at Notre Dame,
compares the religious giving of Catholics with that of other religious
communities in America and concludes that Catholics, on average, give less than
other Christians.