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Uwe Siemon-Netto, Bob Abernethy, Jeff Sheler

"[According to the Rev. Paul M. Zulehner, dean of Vienna University's Catholic Theology Department and a top sociologist of religion,] faith has come back to Europe's cities.

"Whether the churches will ultimately benefit from this is another matter, Zulehner told United Press International as he discussed a recently completed study of what he termed the 're-spiritualization' of large urban centers.

" 'We are observing a boom in religious yearning and at the same time a shrinking process of the churches,' he declared. 'The churches have secularized themselves,' Zulehner complained, meaning that they have ceased to address people's spiritual needs.

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