Retired Archbishop Francis T. Hurley of Anchorage died Jan. 10 at his home in Anchorage, two days shy of his 89th birthday. He served as archbishop from 1976 to 2001.
Catholic News Service
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA -- Many college students are wandering around campus -- spiritually, that is.
Historically, many students have found college a place to explore life’s spiritual issues. But more and more young adults are arriving on campus without any experience or language of faith, and they appear to express little interest in finding the ultimate truth.
A study on religious affiliation by researchers at Trinity College in Hartford, Conn., found that the number of American adults who do not identify with any particular religious group has almost doubled -- to 34 million -- since 1990.
The study found about 22 percent of young adults -- those 30 and younger -- identify themselves as “nones,” a group that includes the irreligious, unreligious, antireligious and anticlerical. Increasingly, people in that category report having had no formal religion as a child.
This modern phenomenon is evident in the student bodies of Alaska Pacific University, a private liberal arts institution in Anchorage, and the University of Alaska Anchorage.
