Student loan debt may prevent many U.S. Catholics from entering religious orders

Student loan debt may prevent many U.S. Catholics from entering religious orders

NCR

WASHINGTON -- Student debt might be forcing many Catholic U.S. college graduates considering religious life to postpone or even forego testing their vocation, a new study reports. "In essence, they're too poor to take the vow of poverty," commented the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate, which conducted the study.