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Experts offer strategies for connection during Christmas amid US ‘epidemic’ of loneliness

Experts offer strategies for connection during Christmas amid US ‘epidemic’ of loneliness

Friday, December 19, 2025

"I do believe that the loneliness people feel in this culture … is also the greatest opportunity for the church in the 21st century," Marcel LeJeune said. The post Experts offer strategies for connection during Christmas amid US ‘epidemic’ of loneliness first appeared on OSV News.

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