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Vast majority of U.S. Catholics who left the church can’t imagine returning, study says
Most Americans who were raised Catholic but have since left the church could not envision themselves returning to it, according to a new Pew Research Center survey examining American Catholics and family life. The survey’s findings were released Wednesday, weeks before Pope Francis makes his first visit to the United States, and as Catholic leadership contends with dramatic demographic shifts.
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I think this is the unfortunate nature of a lot of religion in the United States. Really the developed world. Whenever I talk with people about religion they really don't seem to understand it. And that goes for the religious people themselves as well; it's a symptom of apathetic belief that religion is believed to be inconsequential, especially among the youth.