Daily newspaper circulationTrained Catholic exorcists in the US
American daily-newspaper circulation collapsing as the count of trained Catholic exorcists in the US grows. Two unrelated American institutions on opposite sides of the regression line, with one quietly retiring and the other quietly hiring.
US daily newspaper circulation fell from about 53 million in 2005 to under 21 million by 2021 as digital displacement, classified-ad collapse, and ownership consolidation gutted the industry. The US exorcist roster grew from a handful in the early 2000s to over a hundred today, after the Vatican loosened authorisation rules in 2014 and dioceses responded to perceived demand. Two completely unrelated lines on opposite trajectories sharing a window because the same sixteen years retired one secular institution and expanded one religious one.
Newspapers lost staff. Dioceses gained certifications. The decade allocated authority differently.
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