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AP Poll: Next Pope Should Pursue Change

By WILL LESTER (Direct descendent of Karl Marx! - tha malcontent)
Associated Press Writer Apr 4, 04:50 PM EST


WASHINGTON (AP) � Most Americans want the next pope to work for changes in Roman Catholic Church policies to allow priests to marry and women to join the priesthood. And they want more done to combat sexual abuse by priests, an AP-Ipsos poll found.

 

(ap) - How do you think the American People feel about combating Sexual Abuse by Public School Teachers?...  Why is the NEA so silent on this issue?  If the AP and the rest of the "Free Press" were not so Hostile towards everything Religious, and so Sympathetic and Excusatory towards everything regarding Public Education, maybe we would see an Honest portrait of the Sexual Abuse problems in both venues!  I would venture to say, that if the "Free Press" was to do research into both problems Honestly and Objectively, that both are about the same percentage of the total numbers of Teachers and Priests.  Of course, the AP would not even think about painting the Sexual Abuse problem in the Public Schools as anything more than a "freak occurrence", and they would definitely not imply that the NEA is in on covering it up, as they were more than willing to do to the Catholic Church.  Anyway, "polling" the American people about Reformation of ANY Church is laughable, and the AP's Politics are showing through VERY clear! - tha malcontent)

A solid majority of Americans, and Catholics in the country, are calling for the changes even while saying they widely admire Pope John Paul II, who supported traditional policies against priest marriage and against allowing women into the priesthood.

 

(Those "traditions" are up for Debate within the Church.  Condoning Homosexuality, or even worse, Sanctioning it in Marriage, is Against the Bible, and not up for Debate though... But the "Free Press", the American Left, the DemocRAT Party, and Insecure Homosexuals seeking Validation for their Deviancy, are going to try anyway! - tha malcontent)

"He crossed so many boundaries, opened doors to many governments," said Joseph Riess, a Catholic businessman from Vienna, Va. "But I think it's time for changes."

Just over half of Americans, 51 percent, and almost three-fourths of Catholics say John Paul, who died Saturday, will be remembered as one of the greatest popes, according to the poll conducted for The Associated Press by Ipsos-Public Affairs.

 

(And how many of either can name other Popes?... Silliness! - tha malcontent)

The U.S. Catholic church is struggling with a variety of problems, including a dramatically shrinking U.S. priesthood, disagreement over the proper role for lay leaders, and a conservative-liberal divide over sexuality, women's ordination and clergy celibacy.

 

("A Conservative-Liberal divide over Sexuality"?... No, the Bible is very clear about the "Abomination" of men laying with men, and Christ VERY clearly defined Marriage, and it was One Woman and One Man. - tha malcontent)

About two-thirds of those polled, 69 percent, said priests should be allowed to marry and almost that many, 64 percent, said they want women in the priesthood. Six in 10 Catholics supported each of those steps.

 

(Again, these are Roman Catholic "traditions", and are subject to change. - tha malcontent)

More than four in five Americans � and about the same number of Catholics � said they want to see the next pope do more to address the problem of priests sexually abusing children.

 

(AP, one day you will have to Honest about the Sexual Abuse in one of your "Churches", the Public Schools! - tha malcontent)

The church has been trying to deal with an abuse crisis that bubbled to the surface in January 2002 in the Archdiocese of Boston, then spread throughout the country. Since then, the church has adopted a toughened discipline policy, enacted child protection and victim outreach plans in dioceses, and removed hundreds of accused priests from church work.

 

(What has the NEA and the Government Schools done? - tha malcontent)

Americans were divided when asked from where the next pope should come. Just over a third said he should be from Europe, while a similar number said he should be from a part of the world where Catholicism is growing fastest, like Africa or Latin America. The rest weren't sure.

"I don't think it matters where they're from," said Heather Schramko, a clinical researcher and a Catholic from Perrysburg, Ohio. "But they need to modernize the church."

 

(Another example in the form of a "real person" of what the AP would like the Catholic Church to do!  Notice the lack of the other voices? - tha malcontent)

The AP-Ipsos poll of 1,001 adults was taken Friday to Sunday and has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.

Some of the interviews were conducted before news broke Saturday about the pope's death, but it was widely known he was gravely ill.

 

(Regardless of when or why, this is a MEANINGLESS Poll, AP.  It serves only to forward an Agenda you support.  How about looking into the Sexual Abuse problems with your Public Schools now! - tha malcontent)

 
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