Pope poll
As he prepares for his upcoming visit to the United States, Pope Benedict XVI might be interested to know that many Americans see him in a positive light.
By a ratio of four and a half to one (58 percent to 13 percent), people surveyed during a recent poll said that they had a favorable or very favorable view of the pope.
The poll was commissioned by the Knights of Columbus and conducted by the Marist College Institute for Public Opinion between Feb. 25 and March 5. Carl Anderson, supreme knight for the Knights of Columbus, recently discussed the poll results at the National Press Club.
According to the poll 42 percent of Americans said that they would like to attend one of the pope’s public appearances while he is in the United States and 66 percent of Catholics said they would like to attend one of the events.
Pope Benedict is set to visit New York City and Washington D.C. April 15-20.
According to the recent poll, 72 percent or more of the respondents want to hear the pope talk about allowing God to be a part of their daily lives (73 percent), finding spiritual fulfillment by sharing their time and talent (71 percent) and how they can make a positive difference in the world, their state and communities (70 percent).
Nearly two-thirds (64 percent), according to the poll, expressed an interest in hearing the pope talk about how they can have a society where spiritual values play an important role.
“The bottom line is that, despite years of very negative stories about the Catholic Church scandals, and dissenting view of the Pope as some sort of ‘panzercardinal’ determined to pursue the unorthodox to the ends of the earth, the American people have a very sensible and balanced view of Benedict and the Church,” Anderson said in a prepared statement on March 25.
“And they are very open to hearing his views on matters of how they might live their faith and put it into action in their daily lives.”
Anderson unveiled a new Web site, www.papaltrip.org for those interested in learning more about the pope’s upcoming visit. The site offers detailed information about the pope’s trip, along with historical material about previous popes and their experiences with the Catholic church in the United States.
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