Part 2

The findings indicate wide disparities between the views of ordinary Catholics on the issues surveyed and Church teachings on these issues:

"Taken together, these finding suggest an extraordinary disconnect between the church's basic teachings on the fundamental issues of family [including divorce], and pastoral responsibilities and the viewpoints currently held by many of the world's more than 1 billion Catholics." Univision Communications, February 2014, 2, http://bendixenandamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Executive Summary.pdf.

The Univision survey is not without its limitations, but as a large-scale representative survey of six in ten of the world's Catholic population, it makes an important contribution to our knowledge of Catholic opinion around the world.  There is a large body of non-reception by the people of 'official Catholic teachings.'