Mary Gautier, retiring from CARA, knows nostalgia is no match for data
by John GehringMary Gautier, senior researcher at the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA), has spent two decades explaining the Catholic Church to itself, using social science. Among church officials, academics and religion journalists, she has a national reputation for politely puncturing conventional wisdom.

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