Pope Francis stays wildly widespread in Latin America, in response to a brand new survey, however noticed a lower in favorability in Argentina.
Pew Analysis Heart launched a complete research, titled, “”How Individuals 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 general much less optimistic than they have been a decade in the past.
In Brazil and Mexico, as an example, 68% of adults have a good opinion of the pope.
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The favorability for the pope in Argentina had the most important drop among the many six surveyed nations.
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A decade in the past, 91% of Argentinians stated that they’d 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. ( (Picture by Tiziana FABI / AFP) (Picture by TIZIANA FABI/AFP by way of 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 Individuals considered him positively. Right now, 57% of U.S. adults have a good opinion of the pope.
The ballot discovered that U.S. Catholics (75%) are extra seemingly 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.
