NEW YORK – A new report has found that Pope Francis’s favourability rating among American Catholics has fallen from 83 per cent in 2021 to 75 per cent in 2024, with those who view the pontiff unfavourably also saying he represents a change in the direction of the Church.
The nation’s ever-growing partisan divide is at the heart of Francis’s favourability drop.
Survey data shows that the partisan gap of views of Francis are as large as ever, with Democrats giving the pontiff a favourability rating of 89 per cent, and Republicans giving him a favourability rating of 63 per cent.
