There has always been a certain proportion of people who leave the Church on issues of authority and sex. That hasn't changed since we started doing research on it back in the early 1960s.

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I have to say that I have no regrets about my decision to become a...

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Two studies from the year 2000, however, indicate that Catholics give lower ratings to their...

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I think that the core doctrines of Christianity - the incarnation, the resurrection, life after...

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Note the three most important Cabinet positions. Rice said that it was better to find...

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In God, the characteristics of men and women that we admire in men and women...

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I wouldn't say the world is my parish, but my readers are my parish. And...

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Well, religion has been passed down through the years by stories people tell around the...

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As the criminal, sinful war in Iraq enters its third year, the president goes to...

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Practically speaking, your religion is the story you tell about your life.

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I think the only kind of acceptable evangelization is the evangelization of good example.

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If we get you in the early years of your life and we fill your...

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Priest organizations around the country, both local and national, should realize that their membership has...

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I don't think Jesus was an exclusivist. He said, and we believe, that He is...

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One cannot escape the harsh fact that as a ministerial profession, the priesthood has very...

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I have terrible handwriting. I now say it's a learning disability... but a nun who...

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I write easily, let's put it that way. And in a novel particularly, the characters...

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There is good news in the data the strongest support for priests is to be...

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You're a Catholic in Italy when you're born, it's unthinkable to stop being Catholic. You...