November 5, 2024

According to her data, 20 percent The people of Lithuania believe that the Catholic Church of Lithuania itself can find out possible cases of pedophilia in this institution. Most of the respondents (69%) stated that they do not believe in this, because the church tends to cover up such cases.

Every tenth resident had no opinion or did not answer this question.

Women, people over 50, pensioners, and right-wing respondents believe that the Lithuanian Catholic Church is able to find out possible cases of pedophilia on its own.

Men, people aged 30-49, residents of district centers and smaller towns, respondents with higher than secondary education, respondents with left-wing views do not believe in the church’s ability to find out possible cases of pedophilia on its own.

The survey also shows that those who trust the church have more confidence in its ability to find out possible cases of pedophilia in this institution (29 percent believe it and 60 percent do not believe it) than those who do not trust the church (9 percent believe it and 84 percent do not believe it).

The frequency of church attendance had the greatest influence on the answers of the residents – more than half of those who come to church once a week or more stated that they believe in the ability of this institution to find out such cases on its own (56% believe this and 32% do not).

A third of those who visit at least once a month believe in the explanation of such cases (35% believe it and 54% do not believe it). Among those who attend only a few times a year (15% believe this and 74% do not believe) or never attend (4% believe this and 85% do not believe), the absolute majority do not believe this because they believe that the church tends to do this cover up

A representative survey of the Lithuanian population was conducted by the market and public opinion research company “Baltijos tyrimai” on behalf of LRT from August 24 to September 5. During the research, 1016 Lithuanian residents were interviewed, the error of the results does not exceed 3.1 percentage points.

Caracas, Nov 5 (EFE).- Representatives of several countries agreed in Caracas, within the framework of the first World Anti-Fascist Parliamentary Forum, to create an international network to fight against this current that they consider a threat from “imperialism,” announced this Tuesday the president of the Venezuelan Parliament, Jorge Rodríguez.

“We announce the establishment of a global anti-fascist network that will be fed by the delegates of this fabulous meeting,” said Rodríguez in a televised event at the end of the forum – inaugurated on Monday -, in which representatives from more than 53 countries participated, according to him. President Nicolás Maduro during the opening of the event.

The deputy, who did not give details about this new network, thanked the presence of parliamentarians from all continents to fight against fascism and neo-fascism, currents with which Chavismo links its main political adversary, the coalition of Democratic Unitary Platform parties. (PUD).

Rodríguez also announced the formation of a “parliamentary observatory of countries attacked by the criminal action” of “imperialism and North American imperialism”, in reference to the US Administration, critical of the Chavista Government.

This observatory, indicated the parliamentarian, will study the impact of “criminal sanctions” imposed “by hegemonic factors” to countries such as Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua, Russia and other members of the anti-fascist forum.

During the two days of activities, he added, meetings were held for young parliamentarians, women and workers.

Likewise, it was agreed to establish a parliamentary network “for sovereignty and peace” of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA), made up of Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua, Bolivia, Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Kitts and Nevis , Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, Dominica and Saint Lucia.

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