Thursday, March 24, 2011

The Vatican Has Lost American Catholics

The chart above relates to a post earlier in the week about the majority of American Catholics supporting the recognition of same sex relationships via either civil unions or marriage. It is also interesting in that the chart reflects that only 38% of American Catholics go to mass every week. 62% no longer participate in weekly mass. Interestingly, enough, even in the weekly attendance crowd 64% believe that there should be legal recognition of same sex relations. I suspect that as the sex abuse scandals continue to explode - as is currently occurring in Philadelphia - the Vatican's anti-gay position will further erode.
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It's ironic that Benedict XVI wanted to restore Catholicism, yet on his watch it is being severely damaged, if not destroyed as in Ireland, by Benedict and his fellow "princes of the Church" through their deliberate abetting and protecting sexual predators. Somehow, I suspect that Christ must be smiling at the demise of the power of these evil old men.

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