Pope Francis stays hugely popular in Latin America, according to a brand-new study, however saw a decline in favorability in Argentina.
Bench Proving ground launched an extensive research study, entitled, “” How Individuals in Latin America and the U.S. view Pope Francis.” The survey surveyed 6,234 grownups in 2015 in 6 of Latin American’s most populated nations.
The survey discovered that mindsets towards the pope– in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru– are still broadly favorable although total less favorable than they were a years earlier.
In Brazil and Mexico, for example, 68% of grownups have a beneficial viewpoint of the pope.
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The favorability for the pope in Argentina had the greatest drop amongst the 6 surveyed nations.
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A years earlier, 91% of Argentinians stated that they had a favorable viewpoint of Francis. That number has actually dropped to an approximated 64% today.
The survey likewise discovered:
– In Brazil and Mexico, 68% of grownups have a beneficial viewpoint of the pope.
– In Colombia, 72% share this viewpoint compared to 83% of grownups in late 2013.
– In Chile, just about half of grownups there have a favorable view of Francis.
The beneficial impression of Francis amongst U.S. grownups reached peaks in between 2015 and 2017 when seven-in-ten Americans saw him favorably. Today, 57% of U.S. grownups have a beneficial viewpoint of the pope.
The survey discovered that U.S. Catholics (75%) are most likely than Protestants (51%) or the consistently unaffiliated (56%) to have favorable views of Francis today.
The Associated Press added to this report.
Source: Fox News.