"Given the current moment in the church, with Francis emphasizing mercy and not judging and trying to see the best of what people are doing, they had to find a quiet way out of this," said Michele Dillon, a University of New Hampshire sociologist specializing in the Catholic Church. "What you'd love
Refusing on religious grounds to impose the death penalty "shouldn't be enough to disqualify them," said Michele Dillon, a University of New Hampshire sociologist and co-author of American Catholics in Transition. "We're supposed to have a jury of one's peers. And if one's peers are informed by this
Under Pope Benedict, a growing number of Latino Catholics were no longer regarding the Vaticans teaching as an important element in their faith, says Michele Dillon, a sociology professor at the University of New Hampshire.
Michele Dillon, a University of New Hampshire sociologist who studies the church, said no "radical transformation" is expected in the direction of the church and that a "tweak" here and there would be more likely than an overhaul.
Date: Feb 11, 2013
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Politics of Romney's tithing: generous philanthropy or dogmatic Mormonism?
Someevangelicals who question the legitimacy ofthe religion,doubting its Christian credentials, may warm to Romneys generosity, says Michele Dillon,sociology professor at theUniversity of New Hampshire in Durham. Others, she adds by e-mail, especially some who are already highly skeptical of
Date: Jan 26, 2012
Category: U.S.
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Survey: Religious identity slips among U.S. Catholics
"When it comes to questions of abortion, non-marital sex, and homosexuality," more than half of Catholics, including those most highly committed to the church in their personal practices, say it's their own moral views, not those of church leaders, that matter, says survey co-author Michele Dillon,
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