A POLL by social networking giant MySpace brands the Catholic Church "out of touch" with young people, just ahead of its World Youth Day event in Sydney. The online poll, which targeted Australians aged 14 to 24, found 77 per cent of respondents felt the church was out of touch with them.
Of "non Catholic and non-Christian'' respondents, 65 per cent said World Youth Day held no relevance to them at all.
More than half (53 per cent) also said they would not participate in World Youth Day events, to be staged across Sydney over six days from Tuesday, because of the church's stance on sexuality''.
But that was not the most emphatic result, as 89 per cent overall rejected the Catholic Church's teaching that they should remain virgins until they married.
Further poll findings include 61 per cent saying contraception, not abstinence, was their preferred way to prevent the spread of sexual disease and reduce the risk of unwanted pregnancy.
"With over one million young Australians on MySpace each month, we can legitimately say that MySpace is the voice of the youth,'' Australia and New Zealand MySpace.com vice president Rebekah Horne said in a statement today.+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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