Posted on 09/02/2015 11:40:18 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
When Pope Francis arrives in the U.S. for the World Meeting of Families later this month, he will find a Catholic public that is remarkably accepting of a variety of non-traditional families, according to a new Pew Research Center survey that provides an in-depth look at American Catholics views on family life, sexuality and Catholic identity.
Nine-in-ten U.S. Catholics say a household headed by a married mother and father is an ideal situation for bringing up children. But the survey shows that large majorities think other kinds of families those headed by parents who are single, divorced, unmarried or gay are OK for raising children, too.
This may be in part because Francis American flock is experiencing life in all its modern complexity. According to the survey, one-in-four Catholics have gone through a divorce. One-in-ten have not only divorced but also remarried. One-in-ten are living with a romantic partner, sans wedding, and more than four-in-ten have done so at some point in their lives.
When it comes to matters of sexuality, there are a number of issues on which Catholics either mostly disagree with the church (e.g., on the question of whether Catholics should be permitted to use birth control) or are divided (e.g., on the question of whether the church should recognize the marriages of gay and lesbian couples).
(Excerpt) Read more at pewforum.org ...
There is a very broad range of people who "attend Mass less often" than once a week. Including, for example, be people who attend mass frequently, or very infrequently.
Where is the information about other denominations?
**I was baptized as a baby**
And so you are still a Catholic, just not a practicing, active one.
RE: And so you are still a Catholic, just not a practicing, active one.
So I gather there are still Catholic Muslims, Catholic Buddhists, Catholic Protestants, Catholic Scientologists and Catholic Atheists...
Thank you.
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