Category Archives: POLLS

Informal but interesting

Fr Z POLL: Campaign or political party donations and you

Posted on 18 August 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Please choose your best answer and, if you desire, use the combox below.

Technorati Tags: donations, political campaigns, political donations, politics

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QUAERITUR: Sign of peace is an “undignified and self-serving sacrilege”? WDTPRS POLL

Posted on 29 July 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From a reader:
I recently read an opinion that giving the sign of peace at mass is irreverent.
To quote her, ” Hand-holding is not only not in the rubrics of the Mass, it is a horrifically distracting, undignified and self-serving sacrilege that is actually … Continue reading →

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POLL ALERT! Australia: Legal efforts to force priests to break Seal of Confession!

Posted on 17 July 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

For POLL info, read to the bottom.
From Australian news.com.au
Priests could be ordered to report confessions of sex abuse to police
Ashley Gardiner
Herald Sun
July 18, 2012 12:00AM
HUNDREDS of years of Catholic tradition in the confessional could be overturned by Victoria’s inquiry into … Continue reading →

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ALL Supreme Court Decision discussion HERE – POLL OPEN

Posted on 28 June 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

POLL BELOW
It seems that, in some convoluted way, Obamacare was somewhat upheld by the Supreme Court.
That means that the law under which the the Obama Administration’s “HHS mandate” is still a threat to our religious liberty.
Here is a place to … Continue reading →

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ACTION ITEM! US (liberal) cATHOLIC POLL ON “Vatican II and YOU”!

Posted on 27 June 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Over at the super-liberal US Catholic site there is multi-question poll going on:
What does Vatican II mean to you?
Fifty years after the groundbreaking council began, does Vatican II still matter in the faith lives of Catholics?
We have seen US catholic and … Continue reading →

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A POLL provoked by your email! What color of vestments for your funeral?

Posted on 26 June 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

There is a truly bizarre story coming to me in email about a rumor that His Excellency Most Reverend Robert C. Morlino, Bishop of Madison, is now requiring priests to use either violet or black vestments for funerals rather than … Continue reading →

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WDTPRS POLL: Your participation in scheduled Fortnight For Freedom events.

Posted on 22 June 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Here is a quick poll for you.
Use the combox! Let everyone know what is up.

Technorati Tags: 1st Amendment, conscience, Fortnight for Freedom, HHS mandate, Pres. Obama, religious liberty

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POLL: Should the “new” Prefaces be incorporated into the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite?

Posted on 20 June 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I urge interested readers to check out a “position paper” by the chairman of the Latin Mass Society in England, Mr. Joseph Shaw.  He talks in brief here about his paper, which was posted in full by our friends over at … Continue reading →

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BLOOD! BLOOD! MORE BLOOD!

Posted on 12 June 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

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QUAERUNTUR:
What’s your blood type?  Have you, because of some problem, ever needed blood?  Have you ever given blood?
I understand that Thursday is World Blood Donor Day.
I have a pretty rare blood-type. As an A- (about … Continue reading →

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Fascinating news about the Shroud of Turin. WDTPRS POLL

Posted on 10 June 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

For your Just Too Cool file.
From Vatican Insider
Pollen is evidence that the Holy Shroud is indeed a winding sheet
According to university researchers the pollen found in the Turin Shroud corresponds to that of flowers used for funerals in Asia Minor … Continue reading →

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