(Cont) I like very very respectfully getting to know personally these young folks....and understanding their realities....(that's why I want an independent pollster like PEW with no Catholic "skin in the game" to really do some research).

My own personal experience with these guys is encouraging..they are far better educated than we were at the same time...they are often very principled relative to their  values and career choices, they have been raised on a diet of community service through their school systems and are far more generous in those terms than we were at the same stage....

They, of course, are our future......

As to the religious thing...I'm reminded of the "anonymous Christians" deal....folks who treat others very well, choose to serve in their career choices,  are decent and fair in family issues...whose to say that these are not all sacraments....?

Are they the fullness of the faith no...are they a lot closer to it than many "practitioners"....I think so.