Pope Francis stays wildly common in Latin America, in response to a brand new survey, however noticed a lower in favorability in Argentina.
Pew Analysis Middle launched a complete examine, titled, “”How Folks in Latin America and the U.S. view Pope Francis.” The ballot surveyed 6,234 adults final yr in six of Latin American’s most populous nations.
The ballot discovered that attitudes towards the pope — in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru —are nonetheless broadly optimistic though total much less optimistic than they have been a decade in the past.
In Brazil and Mexico, for example, 68% of adults have a good opinion of the pope.
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The favorability for the pope in Argentina had the largest drop among the many six surveyed nations.
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A decade in the past, 91% of Argentinians stated that that they had a optimistic opinion of Francis. That quantity has dropped to an estimated 64% in the present day.
Pope Francis attends a mass on the Esplanade of Tasitolu in Dili, East Timor, on September 10, 2024. ( (Photograph by Tiziana FABI / AFP) (Photograph by TIZIANA FABI/AFP through Getty Pictures))
The ballot additionally discovered:
-In Brazil and Mexico, 68% of adults have a good opinion of the pope.
-In Colombia, 72% share this opinion in comparison with 83% of adults in late 2013.
-In Chile, solely about half of adults there have a optimistic view of Francis.
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The favorable impression of Francis amongst U.S. adults reached excessive factors between 2015 and 2017 when seven-in-ten People considered him positively. At present, 57% of U.S. adults have a good opinion of the pope.
The ballot discovered that U.S. Catholics (75%) are extra probably than Protestants (51%) or the religiously unaffiliated (56%) to have optimistic views of Francis in the present day.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
