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Commentary: How America’s young people lost their religion

Demise of the Soviet Union, backlash against the religious right, the rise of political polarization and the internet all may have played a role.

(AP Photo/Seth Wenig) In this Sunday, April 12, 2020, file photo, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, right, delivers his homily over mostly empty pews at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York due to coronavirus concerns. During the 1990s, statistics show, large amounts of young people left religion.