Those statistics are harsh.  Unfortunately,   consolidating the number of parishes does nothing to address the drastic decline in the number of Catholics who are actually involved with the Church.  Something is seriously wrong and if it is not corrected  the problem will resolve itself over time as even more  Catholics leave the Church or just nominally identify with it.. As many commentators have suggested   perhaps this is the time for those in authority in the Church  to look to the laity for innovative  solutions and implement them.

  At this point, the Church is just rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.