Is there evidence to back up this claim?
I posted a study concerning liberal bias in colleges and universities, especially the ivy league univerisites.
Here is an article stating the fact that Catholic Universities have been the cause of the loss of faith for many students because they are not carefull about guarding the faith on campus:
Note: it begins with a statement by pope Benedict.
lifesitenews.com/ldn/2005/nov/05112504.html
ROME, November 25, 2005 (
LifeSiteNews.com) - Pope Benedict XVI paid a visit to Rome’s Sacred Heart Catholic University today to address students on the occasion of the inauguration of the academic year. The Pope, knowing the devastation to the faith of millions of Catholic students which has taken place in Catholic universities, asked pointedly of students at Catholic Universities “How do they leave? What culture did they find, assimilate, develop?”
The ideal envisioned by the Catholic Church for Catholic schooling has been expounded on in various papal documents. It revolves around the hope of higher learning fused with formation in faith in God and the pursuit of the logical connection between faith and reason. As Pope Benedict put it, “This is the great challenge: … to give life to a true Catholic university, one that excels for the quality of its research and teaching and, at the same time, for its faithfulness to the Gospel and to the Church’s Magisterium.”
However, that ideal has, for the most part, been gravely distorted especially in North America. Even if young people survive with their faith intact until university or college age, statistics show they will lose their faith in so-called Catholic higher education.
A large study which gained massive attention in 2003 found that by the time they graduate, students at many Catholic colleges are significantly more opposed to Church teachings, pray less, and are in many ways less religious than when they were freshmen. The study, based on annual surveys by UCLA’s Higher Education Research Institute (HERI), surveyed students at 38 Catholic colleges finding that:
· Whereas a majority of students entered Catholic colleges pro-life (55% opposed to legal abortion, 45% in support), many graduated pro-abortion (57% pro-abortion, 43% pro-life).
· Support for legalizing homosexual “marriages” increased from 55% to 71% by senior year.
· Approval of having sex with someone known “for only a very short time” increased from 30% to 49% by senior year.
· Although 15% of seniors reported much stronger religious beliefs and convictions than when they were freshmen, the same growth was reported by 12% of seniors at nonsectarian colleges and 24% of seniors at other religious colleges (mostly Protestant).
· Only 37% of seniors prayed more than one hour a week; 31% didn’t pray at all.
· Among Catholic students, 9% left the faith by graduation. Although 11% of non-Catholic students converted to the Church, their actual numbers were smaller and still left Catholic colleges with a net 4% loss of Catholics.
· Among Catholic seniors, 13% did not attend a religious service in the past year (a four-fold increase since their freshman year), and about half attended only occasionally.
more can be read at:
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lifesitenews.com/ldn/2005/nov/05112504.html
But I guess those statistics are not ‘real’ since they won’t back up your point of view? ehh?!
In Christ, maryJohnZ
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