[daniel1212]

W. Post limited to 100 excerpt by FR. See link at top for all.

More stats here

[Puppage]

At about the time he was selected, fully half of American Catholics wanted the church to stick with its traditional policies; now, 38 percent say so...

The Post-ABC poll

Oh, ok then.

[Not A Snowbird]

A majority of American Roman Catholics consider the church out of touch with their views are out of touch with the doctrine of the Catholic Church...

There. Fixed it.

[Jim from C-Town]

If you don't like the Church, please by all means leave. By definition being Roman Catholic is difficult, sin is always easier and more fun than goodness, that is why we are all fallen.

The Roman Catholic Church is not a club, it is a bastion of faith and moral teachings. They do not rule by consensus.

[darkangel82]

Yes, I’m sure they polled the millions of Catholics nationwide. Right. /sarc

[Carpe Cerevisi]

Newsflash...if you don’t want to follow what the church teaches become an Episcopalian or some other flavor. The Catholic Church is not a democracy.

[Paladin2]

Even I favor change.

[bboop]

100 is enough. A secular, American, east coast poll about how the Catholic Church should be. Let’s see, I have about 100 reasons why this belongs in ‘trash.’

[detective]

The Church follows the teachings of Jesus Christ not public opinion polls.

These polls by MSM outlets are notoriously biased and innacurate anyway. They are meant to provide support for the MSM views. They do not provide accurate understanding of what is really going on.

[fwdude]

Same pathetic polling of ANYONE who even remotely identifies as a Catholic (parents were Catholic, best friend was Catholic, went to RC school, was baptized as a baby, etc.)

Poll the faithfully practicing Catholics, and you get a drastically different story.

[YukonGreen]

Catholics in the United States want to change the church to suit their life style and beliefs which are not biblical. These same people polled probably never attend church.

[Little Bill]

I wonder whom they polled? I watched every lunatic emerge from the Catholic fold right after V2 and proceed to dominate the argument. It got really strange.

I speak as a Protestant bystander.

[Sacajaweau]

I think this pope is just what we need....I perceive that he believes that “sin is sin”...you can’t justify killing babies..or gay marriage

[CityCenter]

The church isn’t out of touch with them, they are out of touch with the church.

[Bigg Red]

Yeah, sure they do. What a load of obama!

[Mat_Helm]

Those that call themselves Catholic like Biden and Pelosi that support abortion, contraception, gay marriage, and all manor of sinful evil behaviors that are against life, against marriage and the family, and are apposed to God and the Gospel message. No, these people are not Catholic and already left the church and have no right to claim to be Catholic in any poll.

[onyx]

Well, boo-freepin-hoo.

Those polled Catholics have a lot of crying and whining to do.

God forgive them and help them.

[txrefugee]

After seeing the obviously defective preaching and teaching of the American Catholic church in regard to Catholic doctrine, no American cardinal should ever be trusted with the papacy.

[bandleader]

The CATHOLIC CHURCH isn’t a”Cafeteria”!If you don’t like what’s on offer,MOVE ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[anoldafvet]

These "Catholics" are the ones that go to church on Christmas and Easter, never support the church and then complain because they can't get a good seat. They're also the ones who leave right after communion.

Let's all not forget this is a Washington Compost poll.

[rightwingcrazy]

I think the technology is there to poll people to determine moral truth on the fly. Maybe restrict the polling to current political, academic and entertainment elite. Send updates to people’s iPhones, so they can be reassured that their moral choices are the currently most popular ones. Is that what a “modern church” would be like?