tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12005502.post5735379028609815725..comments2023-11-28T13:30:46.120-05:00Comments on Leonardo's Notebook By Mattheus Mei: American Catholics most Biblically-literate in the worldMattheus Meihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07629195495902678804noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12005502.post-23046134289631643602008-04-30T00:15:00.000-04:002008-04-30T00:15:00.000-04:00Woah! Cool to see good ol' Fr. Hecker up there! Mo...Woah! Cool to see good ol' Fr. Hecker up there! <BR/><BR/>Most interesting story. I'll blog this tomorrow. <BR/><BR/>Of course, it could also be the fact that the other eight countries are European, and we know the state of the faith in Europe, overall is ... Not Good. <BR/><BR/>And yes, Catholics are a lot better at reading Scripture and praying it . Definitely. Kudos to Vat. II for that as well. And let's not forget just how Scriptural the Mass is. <BR/><BR/>However, if one compares <EM>active</EM> Catholics (those who attend Mass weekly, that is, according to new data, <EM>1/4</EM> of those millions of millions), with the (the phrase is just too tempting to pass up) the unwashed masses of others who seldom darken a church door, I'm sure we wouldn't be that far ahead of Russia.Fr. Gaurav Shroff https://www.blogger.com/profile/04964314266441708310noreply@blogger.com