Catholic women may be part of a Democratic voting wave in 2018. They are ready to welcome women deacons.

All the women who responded to this survey still identify themselves as Catholic, however far they may have strayed from a consistent practice of the faith they were raised in.

This issue of America presents the findings of the most comprehensive survey of U.S. Catholic women ever conducted.

The church may benefit from a more deliberate effort to reach out to Catholic women.

“It is right to ask for forgiveness,” the pope said, “and make every effort to support the victims.”