[OLD REGGIE]

However,we can show in the official documents and the Canons and the Catechism that it is not Catholic teaching.

Methinks you are being hypocritical. What the "faithful" learn in their homes, community, local Parish, school, etc. is the key. It is what they understand and what they do that really matters!

Just for the record, what % of RC's have ever read the Catechism, "official" Church documents, the Canon, and, for that matter, the Bible?

[saradippity]

I will start with answering your question.

What %of Catholics read the Catechism,Canon Law or Encyclicals?How many Catholics have read the Bible?

These are difficult questions to answer without a well designed survey and good sampling and even with that,statistics can be manipulated.My first set of guesstimates is for the Church in the world,the second for the U.S.A. The best guesses I can make are that;

1.approximately 10% have read some or most of the official Church teachings

2.25% are aware that there exists a body of documents that reflect official teaching and that they are incorporated in the New Catholic Catechism,and can be accessed easily if the need occurs.

3.15% have read a few items as needed.

4.25% know that out there somewhere is a library that holds all the documents that connect the Catholic Church with Jesus

5.20 to 30% trust that what they hear is given to those that teach,preach and administer the sacraments in some manner or another.

I think 20% of Catholics in this country read the Bible pretty regularly and maybe 30% less frequently. 100% have heard the Gospel provided they attend mass and are not asleep.

I will respond to the hypocrisy in another post