Article: American Catholics today; new realities of their faith and their church.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

Article: Mining the depths of a complex identity.(American ...
Conscience;  December 22, 2007 ;     700+ words ...American Catholics Today: New Realities of Their Faith ... book in a series of studies of American Catholics in which the authors describe ... commitment, practices and beliefs of American Catholics. With the Vatican calling for ...

Article: Vital signs.(Books)(American Catholics ...
Commonweal;  November 23, 2007 ;     700+ words ...American Catholics Today New Realities of Their Faith and Their Church William V. D ... has made that simple argument for almost half a century. In American Catholics Today, four distinguished scholars present a portrait of the church ...

Article: Dean Hoge dies, spent decades studying American ...
National Catholic Reporter;  October 3, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... who spent decades studying American Catholics, especially the priesthood ... 2005. (The last report, "American Catholics from John Paul II to Benedict ... to Nine Years (2006) and American Catholics Today (2007) Earlier this year ...

Article: American Catholics have lost tradition
Oakland Tribune;  March 28, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... surveys found that monthly confession among American Catholics had fallen from 38 to 17 percent in a decade ... having heard confession mentioned. ... For most American Catholics today, confession is almost as rare and exotic a devotional ...

Article: On Religion: American Catholics have lost the ...
Sun, The: Batavia (IL);  April 2, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... surveys found that monthly confession among American Catholics had fallen from 38 to 17 percent in a decade ... having heard confession mentioned. ... For most American Catholics today, confession is almost as rare and exotic a devotional ...

Article: American Catholics' views clash with pope's ...
Pasadena Star-News;  April 25, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... moniker does not apply to most American Catholics. Thus, when Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger ... it caused mixed feelings for many American Catholics. Ratzinger is known for defending ... to change with it,' she said. American Catholics subscribe to a range of positions ...

Article: American Catholics and party politics: demography, ...
National Catholic Reporter;  September 30, 2005 ;     700+ words ...American Catholics played an important if not decisive ... of the Democratic Party. For American Catholics, the roots of this growing polarization ... Revolution, 2005; D'Antonio et al, American Catholics, 1989, 1995 and 2001.) Since ...