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“72% of Catholics said that the will of the American people should have more influence than the Bible on US law”
Good grief. Catholics are the problem in this country, apparently. Perhaps someone should ask if they have more faith in Jesus or the government.
For Catholics, the supreme authority is not Scripture but their magisterium, and on difficult moral questions, 22% of weekly Catholics say they are are more likely to follow the teachings of the Pope, while 66% (and 78% of all U.S. Catholics) say their conscience; 74% believe it iis possible to disagree with the pope on issues like birth control, abortion or divorce and still be a good Catholic.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/03/05/us/catholics-poll-graphic.html?ref=us#