Young American Catholics largely support their church's teachings against abortion and euthanasia, while taking a relativistic attitude to religion and morality in general, according to a new poll.
The poll -- released on February 11, 2010 -- indicates that 66 percent of Catholic "millennials" (aged 18-29) say that abortion is morally wrong, while 63 percent say the same of euthanasia. The poll was conducted by Marist College Institute for Public Opinion and commissioned by the Knights of Columbus, a Catholic fraternal organization.
According to the Ethics Daily website, some of the survey results indicate a strong sense of religious identity among respondents. Eighty percent said that religion is at least "somewhat important" in their lives, and 65 percent described themselves as very or somewhat interested in learning more about their faith.
"The church has a great opportunity to evangelize, and has much to build on with the next generation of Catholics," observed Carl Anderson, head of the Knights of Columbus.
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