What you are hoping for from the Synod for the Family: our survey results in full

More than 4,300 people from around the world completed a questionnaire on www.thetablet.co.uk between 3 and 14 October about what outcomes they'd like to see from the bishops' Synod on the Family that has been meeting in Rome this month. If you took part, then thank you for taking the time to do so. The responses were thoughtful and sometimes surprising.  Here are just some of the findings: One-third of divorced and remarried Catholics who have not had their first marriage annulled receive Communion, even if they have not sought the permission of their priest. Catholics in Britain and Ireland in such circumstances were almost twice as likely to receive Communion without having sought permission as US Catholics (29 per cent vs 17 per cent). Respondents said the best way for the