BBC NEWS: Catholic nuns and monks decline

I wonder why this data is just now being reported. This 10% decline happened 2 years ago. What if it was 50% in the 2 years since then? The Catholic Church's leadership continues to age and decline in number. Lord have mercy. Newly published statistics showed that the number of men and women belonging to religious orders fell by 10% to just under a million between 2005 and 2006. The downward trend accelerated despite a steady increase in the membership of the Catholic Church to more than 1.1bn.