Cathal BarryPoll reveals 60% unhappy with missal
Dissatisfaction with the new translation of the missal is widespread among Irish priests, a new survey has found. The results of the poll revealed that, of the priests surveyed, over 60% were either dissatisfied or very dissatisfied with the missal, while over 80% want it revised or replaced.
More specifically; 116 respondents (61%) were either ‘dissatisfied’ (33.5 %) or ‘very dissatisfied’ (27.2%) with the new translation. A similarly high number, 152 (80%), favour the replacement of the new missal, either immediately (35%) or as soon as a revised missal becomes available (45%).
Poll
However, despite the high levels of dissatisfaction with the new translation among those surveyed, 77% use the new missal exclusively, according to the poll.
The survey, commissioned by the Association of Catholic Priests (ACP), was conducted amongst a random sample of 191 priests by telephone between Monday, March 31 and Friday, April 11, 2014.
Respondents were chosen by systematic random sampling of the alphabetical list of all clergy in Ireland published in the Irish Catholic Directory 2014.