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Survey reveals that Latinos would prefer to do away with the Celibacy requirement of Catholic Priests

EDITOR IN CHIEF By EDITOR IN CHIEF | February 18, 2012 | United States

The question was: "¿Do you believe the Catholic Church should allow priests to Marry?"

A poll conducted by EmoClick among members of the major Faith based Social Networking Sites indicates a considerable majority of the 28,288 Internet participants agree the Catholic Church should allow Catholic priests to marry if they so desire.

The question was: "¿Do you believe the Catholic Church should allow priests to Marry?"

The results of the poll required reveal a clear divergence of opinion with the requirement of celibacy by the Catholic Church. A total of 18,561 visitors voted in favor of lifting the rule, and only 5,727 voted in favor of preserving the traditional requirement.

For the results visit http://encuesta.elcelibato.com/

The survey, offered in promotion of the release of the new book "El Celibato" received the response of 15,365 visitors who identified themselves as Catholic, and 5,006 who identified themselves as Evangelical (the poll also included the participation of other religious denominations including agnostics and atheists). The countries representing the highest number of participants were México, Colombia, Peru and Venezuela.



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