Tag Archives: Roman Catholic Church

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 →

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Christian Research and Churchgoing

Posted on September 11, 2010 by Clive D. Field

Two articles in yesterday’s broadsheet press gave somewhat conflicting assessments of the state of religion in contemporary Britain, in the lead-in to the papal visit to Britain, which starts next Thursday. Writing in The Guardian, Julian Glover portrayed ‘a nation … Continue reading →

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Roman Catholics and the Latin Mass

Posted on September 6, 2010 by Clive D. Field

Yet another opinion poll has been published in the run-up to the state and pastoral visit of Pope Benedict XVI to Scotland and England between 16 and 19 September. But this one is different, since it is about the liturgical … Continue reading →

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Scotland and the Pope

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Clive D. Field

Pope Benedict XVI’s state and pastoral visit to Great Britain is almost upon us, and there remains much speculation in the national and international print, broadcast and online news media about the extent of opposition which he will encounter while he … Continue reading →

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Catholic Adoption

Posted on August 25, 2010 by Clive D. Field

On 19 August the Charity Commission announced its decision not to consent to the request from the charity Catholic Care to amend its charitable objects to restrict its adoption services to heterosexual prospective parents only. This followed a High Court … 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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Statistics of Catholic Religious Life

Posted on July 22, 2010 by Clive D. Field

The National Office for Vocation of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales has recently published the executive report and appendices for a study of Religious Life in England and Wales undertaken on behalf of the Compass Project, which … Continue reading →

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Authority and Governance in the Roman Catholic Church

Posted on June 22, 2010 by Clive D. Field

Roehampton University announced on 16 June that its Archives and Special Collections are now home to the ‘Roman Catholic Church in Great Britain, 1998–2002: The Queen’s Foundation Authority and Governance Archive’. The following post incorporates some edited extracts from the … Continue reading →

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Ongoing Public Relations Problems for the Vatican

Posted on May 30, 2010 by Clive D. Field

There are fewer than four months to go to the papal visit to Britain, yet there appears to be no let-up in the public relations problems faced by the Vatican and Pope Benedict XVI, which we have already flagged up … Continue reading →

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