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What American Catholics thought about Pope Francis
Fox News
According to national polls, Pope Francis was broadly popular among American Catholics compared to his predecessor, Pope Benedict. Pope Francis died at 88 years old on Monday.
Francis' popularity among American Catholics was constant throughout his dozen-year tenure as pope, with his favorability peaking at 90% in a February 2015 poll by Pew.
"Pope Francis enjoyed broad support among American Catholics – certainly exceeding the popularity of any elected officials in the U.S.," veteran political scientist Wayne Lesperance, the president of New England College, told Fox News.
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