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Catholic missionaries are evangelizing on college campuses and trying to bring back the 'nones'

  • Written by Katherine Dugan, Assistant Professor of Religion, Springfield College
A group of millennials are working to bring Catholic religious practice to American college campuses.Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston , CC BY

More than 20% of all adults and over a third of millennials in the United States are not affiliated with a religion. For at least a decade, this number has been on the rise.

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