Sosthenes
Joined: 18 Feb 2008 Posts: 60
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Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 1:08 pm Post subject: Four Statistics why This Pope Doesn't Connect |
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| Quote: | | Ever since the Second Vatican Council, the gap between what the church teaches and what the American laity practices has been growing ever wider. According to a 2005 survey by Catholic University sociologist William D'Antonio and his colleagues, 58 percent of American Catholics believe you can be a "good" Catholic and disregard the church's teachings on abortion. Sixty-six percent believe you can ignore its position on divorce and remarriage. Seventy-five percent believe you can disregard the ban on birth control. Seventy-six percent think you don't have to go to church every week. |
-from "Why This Pope Doesn’t Connect"
http://www.newsweek.com/id/131837?GT1=43002
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