“A sizable majority of Catholics (61 percent) think abortion should be legal in all or most cases, while 38 percent say it should be illegal in all or most cases."
Last month, the Pew Research Center published a brief profile of American Catholics based on their most recent slate of survey data. There was nothing terribly surprising in the report. But neither was there a great deal that was edifying. The portion of Americans who call themselves Catholic (20 percent) has been slumping downward in recent years. (It was about 24 percent in 2007.) Less than a third (28 percent) of Catholic adults say they attend Mass at least weekly. Only 20 percent of American Catholics say they “attend Mass weekly Pope Francis remains very popular among Catholics. Three-quarters of American Catholics say they have “mostly favorable” (49 percent) or “very favorable” (26 percent) views of the pope, though the latter number is less than half of what it was ten years ago. A sizable majority of Catholics (61 percent) think abortion should be legal in all or most cases, while 38 percent say it should be illegal in all or most cases. Among the portion of Catholics who …
@mccallansteve... May I throw 2 cents in. The Bishops and Pope Francis are to blame surely. I would add their parents to blame and the fact that science has proved the humanity of the unborn to everyone who will listen. I attribute it to 9th degree murder. They say "yes it is murder but only 9th degree murder, hardly worth bothering over. Just go to Confession then you can go on with your life. No problem.
Most Catholics are pro-abortion. This is surely the beginning of... ... "However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?” Luke 18:8