▁dem ocracy ▁of ▁popular ▁opinion . ▁ ▁L inda ▁Wood head ▁of ▁Lanc aster ▁University ▁wrote ▁of ▁the ▁survey ▁Francis ▁initi ated , ▁" it ' s ▁not ▁a ▁survey ▁in ▁any ▁sense ▁that ▁a ▁social ▁scient ist ▁would ▁recognize ." ▁Wood head ▁said ▁that ▁many ▁ordinary ▁C athol ics ▁would ▁have ▁difficulty ▁understanding ▁the ological ▁j arg on ▁there . ▁Non eth eless , ▁she ▁sus pected ▁the ▁survey ▁might ▁be ▁influ ential . ▁ ▁The ▁Catholic ▁Church ▁in ▁England ▁and ▁Wales ▁ ▁had ▁refused ▁to ▁publish ▁results ▁of ▁this ▁survey ; ▁a ▁Church ▁sp okes man ▁said ▁a ▁senior ▁V at ican ▁official ▁had ▁express ly ▁asked ▁for ▁summar ies ▁to ▁remain ▁confident ial , ▁and ▁that ▁orders ▁had ▁come ▁from ▁the ▁Pope ▁that ▁the ▁information ▁should ▁not ▁be ▁made ▁public ▁until ▁after ▁October . ▁This ▁disappoint ed ▁many ▁reform ers ▁who ▁hoped ▁the ▁la ity ▁would ▁be ▁more ▁involved ▁in ▁decision - making . ▁Some ▁other ▁Catholic ▁churches , ▁for ▁example ▁in ▁Germany ▁and ▁Austria , ▁published ▁summar ies ▁of ▁the ▁responses ▁to ▁the ▁survey , ▁which ▁showed ▁a ▁wide ▁gap ▁between ▁Church ▁teaching ▁and ▁the ▁behavior ▁of ▁ordinary ▁C athol ics . ▁ ▁In ▁a ▁column ▁he ▁wrote ▁for ▁the ▁V at ican ' s ▁semi - o fficial ▁newspaper ▁L ' Os serv atore ▁Rom ano , ▁the ▁then - P ref ect ▁of ▁the ▁Supreme ▁Trib unal ▁of ▁the ▁Apost ol ic ▁Sign atura , ▁American ▁cardinal ▁Raymond ▁Leo ▁Bur ke , ▁who ▁has ▁a ▁long -