Questions - New Pope - May 11-13, 2025
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National Survey of 1,185
American Adults
Conducted May 11-13, 2025
By Rasmussen Reports
1* Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable,
somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable impression of the Catholic Church?
2* Pope Francis recently died. In terms of his leadership
of the Catholic Church, was Pope Francis better or worse than most recent
Popes? Or was his leadership of the Church about the same as most recent Popes?
3* An American, Cardinal Robert Prevost, was recently
elected to be the new Pope. Do you expect him to be better or worse than Pope
Francis? Or do you think the new Pope will be about the same as Pope Francis?
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage
points with a 95% level of confidence