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How an alliance between Millennials and religious sisters has changed outlooks

This essay is part of an occasional series provided by our partner organization Encore.org, which created the Generation to Generation (Gen2Gen) campaign, inviting those in midlife and beyond to connect with young people who need champions.

The number of Roman Catholic women religious – colloquially known as nuns – in the United States fell about 75 percent between

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