POLL CONDUCTED ON LINE FOR LE FIGARO BY SONDAGE OPINIONWAY WITH A SAMPLE OF 1,054 PEOPLE ACCORDING TO THE QUOTAS METHOD
QUESTION 1
Are you satisfied with the direction of the Pope's action since the beginning of his Pontificate?
BEFORE THE VISIT
All responding: Very satisfied 2%
Rather satisfied 18%
Not really satisfied 18%
Not at all satisfied 30%
AFTER THE VISIT
All responding Very satisfied 3%
Rather satisfied 28%
Not really satisfied 18%
Not at all satisfied 32%
Catholic response satisfied: All Catholics 42%
Practising Catholics 58%
Non-practising 35%
QUESTION 2
Would you say that the Pope's visit was a success, a setback or a failure?
All French responding: Neither one nor the other 51%
A success 44%
A failure 4%
Catholic response: All Catholics - a success 56%
Practising Catholics 72%
Non-practising 49%
Question 3
In the Popes's presence, President Sarkozy spoke in favour of a positive laicity (a society open and tolerant towards religious beliefs and openness to other cultures) Would you say he was right or wrong to say this?
All responding: No opinion 40%
Right 33%
Wrong 27%
Catholic response: All Catholics 43%
Practising Catholics 51%
Non-practising 39%
Le Figaro, which in my view distinguished itself in its coverage of Pope Benedict's visit, lets itself down badly with the low calibre of these questions, which were unlikely to elicit responses enlightening to its readership about the relationship between Church and state, nor tell French Catholics anything they didn't already know about problems at the heart of the French church.
For an outsider, however, the questions and the results may seem opaque but they do raise a couple of interesting points, which I'll examine in a later post, but think that Le Figaro failed doubly in taking such a small sample.
In Christo pro Papa,
Jane
4 comments:
Jane,
for pope Benedict;
a painful shoulder offered up,
Mass tomorrow and ten minutes silent prayer tonight.
Lyn.
Jane,
Not that I should have expected much, and even taking your cautions into consideration, but this is rather like a glass of cold water in one's face.
Prima:
Clearly you are upset. Am I right in thinking that it's the French poll results that have upset you, or is it something I have done or not done?
The results of the poll conceal a desperate reality which I know exists. It is no surprise to me. I will explain more tomorrow as promised. However you should not be too downcast. The French faithful came out in their hundreds of thousands to welcome Papa and to drink in his every word and more importantly perhaps, his every silence when before the Blessed Sacrament. That is what matters. That is what will live on in souls and save them. Even Cardinal Vingt-trois acknowledges this in a Figaro interview which I will report and analyse as soon as I can.
In the meantime please continue to be of good courage and to write your well judged posts about the USA situation. We need to exchange our knowledge and impressions.
I go now to post details of Spiritual Bouquet email sent to His Holiness this afternoon.
Stick with me,
God bless,
In Christo pro Papa,
Jane
Jane,
It's the poll results. You know the old saying about "lies, damned lies and statistics." But polls influence a lot of people, no matter how lightly we should treat them.
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