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After the Papal Visit

Posted on October 7, 2010 by Clive D. Field

One-quarter of British adults claim to have followed the visit of Pope Benedict XVI to Scotland and England, according to a newly-released poll from Angus Reid Public Opinion (ARPO), far fewer than are preoccupied with the sexual abuse scandal in the … Continue reading →

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Sex Abuse and the Papacy

Posted on September 18, 2010 by Clive D. Field

The latest opinion poll connected with the papal visit was published by CNN (for whom it was conducted by ComRes) on 17 September, Pope Benedict’s first day in England. A representative sample of 2,028 adult Britons aged 18 and over … Continue reading →

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Daybreak Surveys Religion

Posted on September 17, 2010 by Clive D. Field

Daybreak is the new breakfast television programme for the ITV network, anchored by Adrian Chiles and Christine Bleakley and launched on 6 September. It has made an early entry into surveying public opinion by commissioning YouGov to run a poll on … Continue reading →

Posted in Survey news | Tagged attendance at religious services, child abuse, Christianity, church weddings, Citizenship Survey, Daybreak, Faith schools, inter-faith marriage, ITV, paedophilia, papal visit, Pope Benedict XVI, Religious Affiliation, religious leaders, respect, Roman Catholic Church, sexual abuse, YouGov | Leave a comment

Populus on the Papal Visit

Posted on September 14, 2010 by Clive D. Field

The opinion pollsters continue to pick up business from the now imminent papal visit to Scotland and England. Following the ComRes/BBC and YouGov/ITV surveys carried out among Catholics, reported by BRIN on Sunday and Monday, today brings a study of … Continue reading →

Posted in Survey news | Tagged abortion, child abuse, contraception, force for good, force for ill, gay adoption, homosexuality, paedophilia, papal visit, Pope Benedict XVI, Populus, Roman Catholic Church, Ruth Gledhill, Sam Coates, sexual abuse, The Times, tolerance, understanding, women priests | 1 Comment

Roman Catholic Opinion

Posted on September 12, 2010 by Clive D. Field

The recent spate of surveys triggered by the forthcoming papal visit continues with the publication this morning of a ComRes poll of a random sample of 500 UK Catholics conducted for the BBC between 6 and 9 September. Interviews were … Continue reading →

Posted in Survey news | Tagged Andrew Hawkins, BBC, British society, Catholic faith, celibacy, children, ComRes, leadership, paedophilia, papal visit, Pope Benedict XVI, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Catholics, sexual abuse, women | 2 Comments

Papal Visit – More Surveys

Posted on September 4, 2010 by Clive D. Field

We recently reported (http://www.brin.ac.uk/news/?p=517) on an opinion poll conducted in Scotland on attitudes towards the forthcoming (16-19 September) state and pastoral visit of Pope Benedict XVI to England and Scotland. Today (4 September) two surveys conducted among representative samples of … Continue reading →

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Child Abuse and the Catholic Church

Posted on July 24, 2010 by Clive D. Field

There have already been a couple of BRIN news posts reporting British public attitudes to the sexual abuse of children by Roman Catholic priests and alleged cover-ups thereof. ‘Pope Benedict on the Back Foot’ (20 April) featured a YouGov poll … Continue reading →

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