Fifteen Percent of Young Catholics Don’t Believe in God (And Other Depressing Statistics)

The Knights of Columbus and Marist College recently released the results of a survey of “American Millennials,” young adults age 18 to 29. Some of the findings include:

• 85% of Catholic Millennials (those 18-29) believe in God.

• 66% of Catholic Millennials say abortion is morally wrong, while 63% say the same of euthanasia.

• 82% of Catholic Millennials see morals as “relative.” The majority of practicing Catholics (54%) disagree.

A PDF of the results can be found here .

(Via: Reformation 21 )

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