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In 2008, nonchurchgoing Catholics went about 58 percent to 40 percent for the Democratic nominee; about the same margin voted Republican in the House races two years later.

From New York Times • Apr. 22, 2012

The deepening moral tinge, which some critics found too schematic, was rooted in Mr. Price’s Christian faith: he was an unorthodox, nonchurchgoing believer.

From New York Times • Jan. 21, 2011

Written by one of Father Oswald's Franciscans, Passion on Paradise Street concerns a vicar who pays an unaccustomed call on a nonchurchgoing family and is rudely rebuffed.

From Time Magazine Archive

Many vicars are depressed by the number of nonchurchgoing laymen who want to see their child christened merely as a matter of form.

From Time Magazine Archive