A new Gallup analysis finds that Catholic Americans are more liberal than the rest of the country on a handful of so-called moral issues and that they hold the same views as non-Catholics on other such issues. This graph tells the story:

The Gallup Poll is the division of Gallup that regularly conducts public opinion polls in the United States and more than 140 countries around the world. Gallup Polls are often referenced in the mass media as a reliable and objective measure of public opinion. (wikipedia)

Looking at this Gallup poll reminded me of a book I've found while waking up after an afternoon nap. The book was snuggled under my pillow covered with dusk. I flipped the book showing the front cover and noticed the title "Ten Ways the Church Has Changed" What history can teach us about uncertain times By Christopher M. Bellitto, Ph.D. I remember buying this buying this book in the summer at Daughters of St Paul-Book & Media Center. The book talks about the Catholic Church living in a difficult season of self-examination, prayerful reassessment, and change: change in policies, in practices, in the way we see ourselves as Catholics. Here is a few keypoints the book covers.

• How has Church organization and governance changed?
• How did the papacy evolve?
• How has the Mass developed?
• Were the sacraments ever different?

• How has spirituality changed?

• How did religious orders develop?
• How has the Church related to other faiths?
• What are the greatest challenges the Church has ever faced?

If you are interested in this book, buy it at
Daughters of St Paul-Book & Media Center 
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