He is the heart of this parish, where weekly churchgoers arrive at mass early to sit in what they believe is their pew, where they often take a moment afterward to give the priests a wave and a hello.

In 1952, 27% of French population were weekly Catholic churchgoers; in 2006 just 4.5%.

I am an active Catholic and a weekly churchgoer, but I am very disheartened.

Mr. Kerry carried the votes of weekly churchgoers, union members, low- and high-income voters, workers and the unemployed, the voter surveys showed.

In addition, the red-blue split of weekly churchgoers has narrowed.

In 1991, 42 percent of those polled said they were weekly churchgoers, compared with 40 percent in 1990.

Of weekly churchgoers not in fellowship groups, about 40 percent agreed with the statement.

Briggs rated high on the social support scale he's married, he's a weekly churchgoer but he felt that he wasn't connecting with people anymore.

A poll taken last spring for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution showed that 75 percent of those Georgians questioned, including nearly two-thirds who said they were weekly churchgoers, said they thought the state should keep the lottery.

Mr. Bush's supporters were more likely to cite it than were Mr. Kerry's voters, and it was an issue that had particular resonance in the South and among weekly churchgoers, rural voters and women.