{"id":23254,"date":"2013-05-22T09:56:17","date_gmt":"2013-05-22T13:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/?p=23254"},"modified":"2016-09-30T16:51:35","modified_gmt":"2016-09-30T20:51:35","slug":"survey-60-of-priests-dislike-new-missal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2013\/05\/survey-60-of-priests-dislike-new-missal\/","title":{"rendered":"Survey: 60% of Priests Dislike New Missal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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It\u2019s unclear what the methodology was for this survey, so take it for what it\u2019s worth.<\/p>\n

Details:<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

More than a year after the changes took effect in U.S. parishes, a survey of American priests shows that they are more disturbed by the innovations than their flocks.<\/p>\n

In fact, the poll, conducted by researchers at St. John\u2019s University School of Theology-Seminary in Collegeville, Minn., showed that\u00a0almost 60 percent of priests surveyed<\/a>\u00a0did not like the new Roman Missal, as the liturgical book for the Mass is known, while about 40 percent approve.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe high level of dissatisfaction among priests should be a grave concern for the bishops, assuming they care about what their priests are thinking and feeling,\u201d the Rev. Michael Ryan, a Seattle priest who started\u00a0a petition<\/a>\u00a0to rally opposition to the new translation, told the popular liturgy blog\u00a0Pray Tell<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The clergy critics also have firm opinions on the matter: one-third of priests (34 percent) strongly disagree that the new translation of the Mass is an improvement, and 80 percent say that some of the language is \u201cawkward and distracting.\u201d<\/p>\n

That contrasts with\u00a0polls from last year<\/a>, which showed that 70 percent of Mass-goers thought that, overall, the first new translation in 40 years \u201cis a good thing.\u201d The approval rating was 84 percent among weekly attenders. (Polls also showed that most Catholics didn\u2019t notice many changes.)<\/p>\n

An online survey in February by\u00a0The Tablet<\/a>, a London-based Catholic periodical, found opinions among English-speaking Catholics around the world to be sharply divided about the new Mass, with clergy expressing more negative opinions than lay people.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read more.\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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