Unusual study asks former Catholics why they left church

Unusual study asks former Catholics why they left church

NCR

WASHINGTON -- In an unusual study whose main results were released at a Catholic University of America conference in Washington Thursday, Villanova University in Philadelphia asked former Catholics in the Trenton, N.J., diocese why they left the church. The study suggests new ways the church can approach Catholics who are dissatisfied with what the church teaches or how it acts.