Millennials (those aged 23-38) are almost as likely to say they have no religion as they are to identify as Christians, Daniel Cox and Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux report for FiveThirtyEight. It's hard to measure just secular a nation is, but there's something to the SSPX followers' fears that the U.S. Mary's, that they were concerned about being labeled bigots by co-workers or friends, and that they worried about raising children in an increasingly secular society. SSPX followers told Green they felt isolated by their faith before they moved to St. "Katherine Dugan, an assistant professor of religion at Springfield College, in Massachusetts, who studies Catholicism in the U.S., describes the desire for protected, set-apart communities as 'a natural American response to not liking what the cultural context is.'" They have elected to undertake what might be termed cultural secession," Green reports. These groups ostensibly have little in common, but they share a sense that living according to their beliefs while continuing to participate in mainstream American life is not possible. "Throughout American history, religious groups have walled themselves off from the rhythms and mores of society. Mary's that the SSPX population has more than doubled the town's size since the 1960s, Green reports. Few women work, and families are large, since they don't believe in using birth control so many children have been born in St. The mayor and the entire city council are SSPX Catholics. The town isn't cut off from modern life-people watch Hulu and shop at Sam's Club-but SSPX Catholicism permeates the town. Mary's over the past 40 years, drawn by the opportunity to practice their faith apart from mainstream America. Pius X, commonly called SSPX, named for a pope (1903-14) who opposed modernism, and have settled in a number of small communities all over the world.Ĭatholics from all over the country have settled in St. That's not an accident: In the 1960s, many Catholics objected to the liturgical changes made by the Second Vatican Council and sought to practice their faith more traditionally (saying Mass in Latin, for example). Mary's, Kansas, a town of about 4,000, the vast majority of people are Catholic. We've written more than once about how a person's political views can influence where they move, but a small Kansas town dominated by old-school Roman Catholics is an extreme example of the desire to live among like-minded people, Emma Green reports for The Atlantic. Paul-Isaac Franks (Atlantic photo by Bryan Schutmaat) Students at the local Catholic school sing with Father
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