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Most Catholics in all seven countries want the church to allow Catholics to use birth control. In most of the countries surveyed, majorities of Catholics also say the church should allow women to become priests.Opinion is more divided on whether the church should allow priests to get married. Views on whether the church should recognize the marriages of gay and lesbian couples vary among Catholics in the countries surveyed. Ten years ago, nearly all Catholics surveyed there (98%) expressed a favorable opinion of Francis, compared with 74% today.

Francis Hallucinates: “All Religions Teach That We are Children of One God”rancis spoke today to participants in a Vatican conference (November 29-30) commemorating the centenary of the first interfaith gathering, an "All religions’ conference" then led by a certain Sree Narayana Guru (1856-1928).Adressing the "respected Swamis of Sivagiri Mutt and the followers of Sree Narayana Guru", Francis said:"All religions teach the fundamental truth that as children of one God we must love and honor one another, respect diversity and differences in a spirit of fraternity and inclusion, and take care of each other and the earth, our common home."The idea...

[Catholic Caucus] German priests do not support Synodal Way, new study findsPriests in Germany are not supportive of the controversial German Synodal Way, according to a new study commissioned by the German Bishops’ Conference.The study, officially titled “Who Becomes a Priest?”, found that priests are “alienated from the concerns of Church reform,” lead author Matthias Sellmann said on May 17.“Priests are also clearly not supporters of the German Synodal Way,” Sellmann emphasized. According to a statement by the bishops’ conference, the study aimed to investigate “the socio-religious background and motivations of newly ordained priests in order to make strategic personnel...