http://ncronline.org/blogs/essays-theology/disconnect-between-bishops-and-other-catholics
"This is confirmed in a recent survey of U.S. Catholics, commissioned by the National Catholic Reporter and published in its Oct. 28-Nov. 10, 2011, issue. On the matter of Catholic attitudes toward the credibility of the bishops' teachings, the survey found that relatively few Catholics look to church leaders as the sole moral arbiters.This is particularly true with regard to official teachings on such issues as divorce and remarriage, abortion, nonmarital sex, homosexuality and contraception."
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ReplyDelete"recent survey of U.S. Catholics, commissioned by the National Catholic Reporter"
ReplyDeleteA lot of NCR readers are not even Catholic to begin with, so this survey offers us little. If one doubts, simply check out their Facebook page and read how many commenters identify themselves as Methodist, Episcopalian, etc.
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ReplyDeleteThe recent survey commissioned by the National Catholic Reporter is actually about a lot of Facebook Schismatic readers who are not even Catholic to begin with, so this survey offers us little.
ReplyDeleteIf one doubts, simply check out the survey at http://ncronline.org/news/catholics-america/persistence-and-change
Once these Schismatic commenters have been formally incorporated via special dicastery, a special survey on U.S. Catholics will be issued by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
January 11, 2012 11:46 PM