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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