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New study seeks to understand why young people leave the Church
- Jan 17, 2018
A new study released this week by St. Mary’s Press and CARA seeks to understand why young people are leaving the faith.

By Christopher White
Post-Bannon, do Catholics have sway in the Trump White House?
- Aug 25, 2017
Especially after the departure of Steve Bannon, it seems an open question how much influence Catholics have in President Donald Trump’s White House, despite the fact that several of the president’s top aides are actually Catholic. One observer says the door may be open to Catholics who support the president’s agenda, but closed for those not inclined to be “cheerleaders.”

By Christopher White
Foreign-born nuns defy narrative of decline in religious life
- Mar 3, 2017
A new study in advance of National Catholic Sisters Week finds there are more than 4,000 foreign-born nuns either studying or serving in the United States, with Asia the largest sending continent. On average they’re younger, and tend to be highly-educated, representing a sort of “reverse mission.”

By Crux Staff

US nuns in free fall: Aging sisters and declining vocations

Oct 13, 2014

A new report shows that Catholic sisters in the United States face a more serious challenge to their existence than the Vatican-led investigation of the American nuns: A rapidly aging membership and a decline in vocations that afflicts even the most traditional orders. “The overall change in the population of