A 2025 report from the Pew Research Center suggests that while Generation Z remains less religiously affiliated than older Americans, interest in spirituality and organized faith is beginning to rise among young adults.
“There’s a beacon of light on the corner of East Adams and Walnut Park that is very tall and great, and I think everybody can see it,” said Father Gerry Waterman, who has led the Catholic Center at Syracuse University since 2016.
Surrounded by fraternity and sorority houses, the newly expanded St. Thomas More Chapel and Catholic Center opened Wednesday, marking the first new Catholic worship space built in the city of Syracuse in nearly two decades…