Pope Francis Finds Favor Across the World
The leader of the Catholic Church has the highest rating in his native Argentina.
Pope Francis is one popular figure, according to Pew Research Center.
Sixty percent of the world’s population has a favorable view of Pope Francis, according to a new Pew Research Center report. Eleven percent have an unfavorable view, and 28 percent have no rating.
In 28 of the 43 countries surveyed, a majority or plurality have a favorable view of the 77-year-old pontiff. Francis leads the world’s nearly 1.1. billion Catholics.
Even though the pope is the first from Latin America, his highest support is in Europe with 84 percent thinking of him favorably. Seventy-two percent of Latin Americans had a positive opinion of him, less than the 78 percent of Americans that did.
The findings are compiled from two surveys conducted by Pew. In Latin America, 14,564 people in nine countries were surveyed between Oct. 30, 2013, and March 4, 2014. A separate survey was conducted between March 17 and June 5, 2014, of 36,430 people in 34 countries. Each country had a separate margin of error for the data collected.
In every country with a sizeable Catholic population surveyed by Pew, Catholics supported the pope at higher rates than non-Catholics. The Catholic country with the highest papal approval rating was Argentina, his home country, at 98 percent. Ghana was the Catholic country with the lowest favorable rating of the pope, at 71 percent.
In Africa and Asia, Francis is less well known. Forty-four percent of Africans offered “no rating” of the pope, as did 45 percent of Asians. Eighty-five percent of Pakistanis surveyed reported that they had no rating of Francis, the country with the highest percentage of people with no opinion.
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