Interviews with 1,012 adult Americans conducted by telephone by ORC International on September 4 - 8, 2015. The margin of sampling error for results based on the total sample is plus or minus 3 percentage points. The sample also includes 930 interviews among registered voters (plus or minus 3 percentage points). This sample includes 612 interviews among landline respondents and 400 interviews among cell phone respondents. EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: Tuesday, September 22 at 6:00 a.m. 3. We'd like to get your overall opinion of some people in the news. As I read each name, please say if you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of these people -- or if you have never heard of them. (RANDOM ORDER) (BASED ON 196 RESPONDENTS WHO DESCRIBE THEMSELVES AS CATHOLICS -- SAMPLING ERROR: +/- 7 PERCENTAGE PTS.) Favorable Unfavorable Never Heard of No Opinion All Americans September 4-8, 2015 December 16-19, 2013 63% 72% 13% 10% 13% 9% 11% 9% Catholics September 4-8, 2015 December 16-19, 2013 74% 83% 9% 2% 8% 9% 8% 6% Pope Francis POLL 9 3 -2- September 4-8, 2015 19. Overall, would you say that you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of the Catholic Church? (BASED ON 196 RESPONDENTS WHO DESCRIBE THEMSELVES AS CATHOLICS -SAMPLING ERROR: +/- 7 PERCENTAGE PTS.) Favorable Unfavorable No Opinion All Americans September 4-8, 2015 60% 30% 10% Catholics September 4-8, 2015 88% 10% 2% WASHINGTON POST/ABC NEWS TRENDS - ALL AMERICANS 2013 December 8 2013 February 17 2005 April 24 2004 February 22 2003 October 13 2002 December 15 2002 June 17 2002 June 9 2002 March 28 2002 February 20 1999 August 30* Favorable Unfavorable No opinion 62 62 56 54 48 40 45 47 55 63 68 30 28 36 33 44 52 47 45 34 27 19 8 10 8 13 8 8 9 7 11 11 13 *Wash Post/Kaiser/Harvard, asked “very/somewhat” 20. As you may know, Pope Francis is going to make his first visit to the United States later this month. Would you say you are looking forward to his visit or not? Yes No No Opinion All Americans September 4-8, 2015 48% 49% 3% Catholics September 4-8, 2015 78% 22% 1% 21. Not asked. POLL 9 3 -3- September 4-8, 2015 BASED ON 196 RESPONDENTS WHO DESCRIBE THEMSELVES AS CATHOLICS -- (SAMPLING ERROR: +/- 7% POINTS) 21a. Thinking about the last three popes, whose teachings would you say were most closely in line with your own personal values? Sept. 4-8 2015 Pope Francis Pope Benedict the Sixteenth Pope John Paul the Second No opinion 48% 9% 42% 1% (QUESTIONS 22 AND 23 ROTATED) 22. In your opinion, is Pope Francis too conservative in his positions on issues, too liberal, or about right? Too conservative Too liberal About right No opinion Sept. 4-8 2015 Dec. 16-19 2013 7% 18% 76% * 4% 7% 87% 2% CNN/USA TODAY/GALLUP AND CNN/TIME TRENDS Pope John Paul II 2005 Feb 25-27 2003 October 10-12 1987 July 10-13 23. Too Conservative Too Liberal About right No opinion 33 38 27 2 9 8 62 49 48 3 4 17 Do you think the Pope is in touch with the modern world or is he out of touch with the modern world? Sept. 4-8 Dec. 16-19 2015 2013 In touch Out of touch No opinion 77% 18% 5% 86% 14% * FOR COMPARISON CNN/USA TODAY/GALLUP AND CNN/TIME TRENDS QUESTION WORDING: Do you think the Pope is or is not out of touch with the modern world? Not out of touch Out of touch No opinion Pope John Paul II CNN/USA TODAY/GALLUP 2003 Oct 10-12 45 53 2 CNN/TIME 1987 August 65 31 4 POLL 9 3 -4- September 4-8, 2015 BASED ON 196 RESPONDENTS WHO DESCRIBE THEMSELVES AS CATHOLICS -- (SAMPLING ERROR: +/- 7% POINTS) 24. Do you approve or disapprove of Pope Francis' comments on each of the following topics. (RANDOM ORDER) Approve Disapprove No opinion The role of women in the Catholic Church September 4-8, 2015 67% 23% 10% December 16-19, 2013 63% 18% 19% Abortion and contraception September 4-8, 2015 57% 35% 8% Capitalism and the effects of a free market economy on the poor September 4-8, 2015 57% 34% 9% December 16-19, 2013 65% 27% 8% The church’s role in protecting the environment September 4-8, 2015 73% 22% 5% The Catholic Church’s position toward gays and lesbians September 4-8, 2015 63% 34% 3% QUESTION WORDING PRIOR TO SEPTEMBER, 2015: Do you approve or disapprove of Pope Francis’ comments since he became Pope on each of the following topics. 25. Do you think Pope Francis’s leadership of the church so far has been too focused on issues that aren’t traditionally spiritual, such as the environment or economics, or is he spending the right amount of time on those issues? Sept. 4-8 2015 Too focused on issues that aren’t traditionally spiritual Spending the right amount of time on those issues Not spending enough time on issues that aren’t traditionally spiritual (vol.) No opinion POLL 9 3 16% 78% 5% 1% -5- September 4-8, 2015 METHODOLOGY A total of 1012 adults were interviewed by telephone nationwide by live interviewers calling both landline and cell phones. Among the entire sample, 27% described themselves as Democrats, 24% described themselves as Republicans, and 49% described themselves as independents or members of another party. All respondents were asked questions concerning basic demographics, and the entire sample was weighted to reflect national Census figures for gender, race, age, education, region of country, and telephone usage. Crosstabs on the following pages only include results for subgroups with enough unweighted cases to produce a sampling error of +/- 8.5 percentage points or less. Some subgroups represent too small a share of the national population to produce crosstabs with an acceptable sampling error. Interviews were conducted among these subgroups, but results for groups with a sampling error larger than +/-8.5 percentage points are not displayed and instead are denoted with "N/A". POLL 9 3 -6- September 4-8, 2015 CNN/ORC International Poll ­­ September 4 to 8, 2015 Question 3B We'd like to get your overall opinion of some people in the news. As I read each name, please say if you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of these people ­­ or if you have never heard of them. B. Pope Francis Base = Total Sample                                 Total    Men    Women   White   Non­White                                 ­­­­­   ­­­­­   ­­­­­   ­­­­­   ­­­­­­­­­ Favorable Opinion                63%     59%     68%     67%       56% Unfavorable Opinion              13%     16%     11%     14%       13% Heard of, no opinion             11%     13%      8%      9%       14% Never heard of                   13%     12%     13%     10%       17% Refused                           *       *       *       *         * Sampling Error                +/­3.0  +/­4.5  +/­4.5  +/­3.5    +/­7.0                                            18­      35­      50­             Under    50 and                                 Total      34       49       64      65+       50     Older                                 ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­­ Favorable Opinion                63%      57%      66%      67%      66%      61%       66% Unfavorable Opinion              13%      12%      11%      16%      14%      12%       15% Heard of, no opinion             11%       8%      13%      12%      11%      10%       11% Never heard of                   13%      23%      10%       5%       9%      18%        7% Refused                           *        *        *        *        *        *         * Sampling Error                +/­3.0   +/­8.0   +/­8.0   +/­5.0   +/­5.5   +/­5.5    +/­3.5                                                                               Lean    Lean                                         Under   $50K      No        Attended  Demo­   Repub­                                 Total    $50K   or more   College   College   crat    lican                                 ­­­­­   ­­­­­   ­­­­­­­   ­­­­­­­   ­­­­­­­­  ­­­­­­  ­­­­­­ Favorable Opinion                63%     58%       68%       53%        71%      74%     57% Unfavorable Opinion              13%     12%       15%       15%        12%       7%     21% Heard of, no opinion             11%     12%        9%       13%         9%       9%     12% Never heard of                   13%     18%        8%       19%         8%      10%      9% Refused                           *       *         *         *          *        *       * Sampling Error                +/­3.0  +/­5.0    +/­4.5    +/­6.0     +/­3.5   +/­4.5  +/­4.5                                          Demo­    Indep­    Repub­    Lib­     Mod­     Conser­                                 Total    crat     endent    lican     eral     erate    vative                                 ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­­    ­­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­­­ Favorable Opinion                63%      74%       60%       56%      72%      70%       52% Unfavorable Opinion              13%       7%       13%       21%       8%       9%       20% Heard of, no opinion             11%      10%       10%       13%       9%       7%       15% Never heard of                   13%       9%       16%        9%      11%      14%       12% Refused                           *        *         *         1%       *        *         * Sampling Error                +/­3.0   +/­6.0    +/­5.0    +/­5.5   +/­6.5   +/­5.0    +/­5.0                                          North    Mid­                                Sub­                                 Total    east     west     South    West     Urban    urban    Rural                                 ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­ Favorable Opinion                63%      74%      66%      60%      56%      68%      61%      63% Unfavorable Opinion              13%      11%      13%      15%      13%      10%      15%      14% Heard of, no opinion             11%       5%       9%      15%      12%      12%       9%      12% Never heard of                   13%      10%      12%      11%      18%      11%      15%      11% Refused                           *        *        *        *        1%       *        *        * Sampling Error                +/­3.0   +/­6.5   +/­6.5   +/­5.5   +/­6.5   +/­6.0   +/­4.5   +/­6.5                                        Tea Pty  Tea Pty  Tea Pty                                 Total  Support  Neutral   Oppose                                 ­­­­­  ­­­­­­­  ­­­­­­­  ­­­­­­­ Favorable Opinion                63%      48%      62%       77% Unfavorable Opinion              13%      28%      12%        6% Heard of, no opinion             11%      11%      10%       12% Never heard of                   13%      13%      16%        5% Refused                           *        *        *         * Sampling Error                +/­3.0   +/­7.0   +/­4.5    +/­5.5  * percentage less than 1% POLL 9 3 -7- September 4-8, 2015 CNN/ORC International Poll ­­ September 4 to 8, 2015 Question 19 Overall, would you say you have a favorable or an unfavorable opinion of the Catholic Church? Base = Total Sample                                 Total    Men    Women   White   Non­White                                 ­­­­­   ­­­­­   ­­­­­   ­­­­­   ­­­­­­­­­ Favorable Opinion                60%     58%     62%     62%       56% Unfavorable Opinion              30%     32%     28%     29%       31% No opinion                       10%     10%     10%      9%       13% Sampling Error                +/­3.0  +/­4.5  +/­4.5  +/­3.5    +/­7.0                                            18­      35­      50­             Under    50 and                                 Total      34       49       64      65+       50     Older                                 ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­­ Favorable Opinion                60%      54%      52%      66%      70%      53%       68% Unfavorable Opinion              30%      35%      35%      26%      21%      35%       24% No opinion                       10%      11%      13%       8%       9%      12%        8% Sampling Error                +/­3.0   +/­8.0   +/­8.0   +/­5.0   +/­5.5   +/­5.5    +/­3.5                                                                               Lean    Lean                                         Under   $50K      No        Attended  Demo­   Repub­                                 Total    $50K   or more   College   College   crat    lican                                 ­­­­­   ­­­­­   ­­­­­­­   ­­­­­­­   ­­­­­­­­  ­­­­­­  ­­­­­­ Favorable Opinion                60%     56%       65%       59%        60%      57%     63% Unfavorable Opinion              30%     30%       30%       30%        30%      34%     25% No opinion                       10%     14%        5%       11%         9%       9%     12% Sampling Error                +/­3.0  +/­5.0    +/­4.5    +/­6.0     +/­3.5   +/­4.5  +/­4.5                                          Demo­    Indep­    Repub­    Lib­     Mod­     Conser­                                 Total    crat     endent    lican     eral     erate    vative                                 ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­­    ­­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­­­ Favorable Opinion                60%      57%       60%       64%      50%      64%       63% Unfavorable Opinion              30%      33%       31%       24%      40%      25%       27% No opinion                       10%      10%        9%       12%      10%      11%       10% Sampling Error                +/­3.0   +/­6.0    +/­5.0    +/­5.5   +/­6.5   +/­5.0    +/­5.0                                          North    Mid­                                Sub­                                 Total    east     west     South    West     Urban    urban    Rural                                 ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­ Favorable Opinion                60%      54%      59%      63%      62%      60%      60%      65% Unfavorable Opinion              30%      35%      36%      24%      28%      29%      31%      23% No opinion                       10%      11%       6%      12%      10%      12%       9%      12% Sampling Error                +/­3.0   +/­6.5   +/­6.5   +/­5.5   +/­6.5   +/­6.0   +/­4.5   +/­6.5                                        Tea Pty  Tea Pty  Tea Pty                                 Total  Support  Neutral   Oppose                                 ­­­­­  ­­­­­­­  ­­­­­­­  ­­­­­­­ Favorable Opinion                60%      68%      58%       58% Unfavorable Opinion              30%      25%      30%       32% No opinion                       10%       7%      12%        9% Sampling Error                +/­3.0   +/­7.0   +/­4.5    +/­5.5  * percentage less than 1% POLL 9 3 -8- September 4-8, 2015 CNN/ORC International Poll ­­ September 4 to 8, 2015 Question 20 As you may know, Pope Francis is going to make his first visit to the United States later this month. Would you say you are looking forward to his visit, or not? Base = Total Sample                                 Total    Men    Women   White   Non­White                                 ­­­­­   ­­­­­   ­­­­­   ­­­­­   ­­­­­­­­­ Looking forward to his visit     48%     45%     51%     48%       48% Not looking forward to visit     49%     52%     46%     48%       51% No opinion                        3%      3%      3%      4%        2% Sampling Error                +/­3.0  +/­4.5  +/­4.5  +/­3.5    +/­7.0                                            18­      35­      50­             Under    50 and                                 Total      34       49       64      65+       50     Older                                 ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­­ Looking forward to his visit     48%      48%      48%      50%      45%      48%       48% Not looking forward to visit     49%      49%      48%      46%      53%      49%       49% No opinion                        3%       3%       4%       3%       2%       3%        3% Sampling Error                +/­3.0   +/­8.0   +/­8.0   +/­5.0   +/­5.5   +/­5.5    +/­3.5                                                                               Lean    Lean                                         Under   $50K      No        Attended  Demo­   Repub­                                 Total    $50K   or more   College   College   crat    lican                                 ­­­­­   ­­­­­   ­­­­­­­   ­­­­­­­   ­­­­­­­­  ­­­­­­  ­­­­­­ Looking forward to his visit     48%     48%       50%       42%        52%      55%     42% Not looking forward to visit     49%     49%       46%       56%        43%      43%     54% No opinion                        3%      3%        3%        1%         4%       2%      4% Sampling Error                +/­3.0  +/­5.0    +/­4.5    +/­6.0     +/­3.5   +/­4.5  +/­4.5                                          Demo­    Indep­    Repub­    Lib­     Mod­     Conser­                                 Total    crat     endent    lican     eral     erate    vative                                 ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­­    ­­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­­­ Looking forward to his visit     48%      59%       45%       42%      57%      51%       41% Not looking forward to visit     49%      38%       53%       53%      41%      46%       55% No opinion                        3%       3%        2%        4%       2%       3%        4% Sampling Error                +/­3.0   +/­6.0    +/­5.0    +/­5.5   +/­6.5   +/­5.0    +/­5.0                                          North    Mid­                                Sub­                                 Total    east     west     South    West     Urban    urban    Rural                                 ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­ Looking forward to his visit     48%      59%      54%      41%      44%      50%      48%      46% Not looking forward to visit     49%      40%      44%      56%      51%      47%      49%      50% No opinion                        3%       2%       3%       3%       5%       3%       3%       4% Sampling Error                +/­3.0   +/­6.5   +/­6.5   +/­5.5   +/­6.5   +/­6.0   +/­4.5   +/­6.5                                        Tea Pty  Tea Pty  Tea Pty                                 Total  Support  Neutral   Oppose                                 ­­­­­  ­­­­­­­  ­­­­­­­  ­­­­­­­ Looking forward to his visit     48%      44%      44%       60% Not looking forward to visit     49%      55%      53%       37% No opinion                        3%       1%       3%        3% Sampling Error                +/­3.0   +/­7.0   +/­4.5    +/­5.5  * percentage less than 1% POLL 9 3 -9- September 4-8, 2015 CNN/ORC International Poll ­­ September 4 to 8, 2015 Question 21A Thinking about the last three popes, whose teachings would you say were most closely in line with your own personal values? Base = Catholics                                 Total    Men    Women   White   Non­White                                 ­­­­­   ­­­­­   ­­­­­   ­­­­­   ­­­­­­­­­ Pope Francis                     48%     N/A     N/A     53%       N/A Pope Benedict the Sixteenth       9%     N/A     N/A      4%       N/A Pope John Paul the Second        42%     N/A     N/A     42%       N/A No opinion                        1%     N/A     N/A      1%       N/A Sampling Error                +/­7.0                  +/­8.0                                                      18­      35­      50­             Under    50 and                                 Total      34       49       64      65+       50     Older                                 ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­­ Pope Francis                     48%      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A       50% Pope Benedict the Sixteenth       9%      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A        7% Pope John Paul the Second        42%      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A       40% No opinion                        1%      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A        2% Sampling Error                +/­7.0                                                 +/­8.0                                                                               Lean    Lean                                         Under   $50K      No        Attended  Demo­   Repub­                                 Total    $50K   or more   College   College   crat    lican                                 ­­­­­   ­­­­­   ­­­­­­­   ­­­­­­­   ­­­­­­­­  ­­­­­­  ­­­­­­ Pope Francis                     48%     N/A       N/A       N/A        56%      N/A     N/A Pope Benedict the Sixteenth       9%     N/A       N/A       N/A         2%      N/A     N/A Pope John Paul the Second        42%     N/A       N/A       N/A        40%      N/A     N/A No opinion                        1%     N/A       N/A       N/A         2%      N/A     N/A Sampling Error                +/­7.0                                 +/­8.5                                                           Demo­    Indep­    Repub­    Lib­     Mod­     Conser­                                 Total    crat     endent    lican     eral     erate    vative                                 ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­­    ­­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­­­ Pope Francis                     48%      N/A       N/A       N/A      N/A      N/A       N/A Pope Benedict the Sixteenth       9%      N/A       N/A       N/A      N/A      N/A       N/A Pope John Paul the Second        42%      N/A       N/A       N/A      N/A      N/A       N/A No opinion                        1%      N/A       N/A       N/A      N/A      N/A       N/A Sampling Error                +/­7.0                                                                                                   North    Mid­                                Sub­                                 Total    east     west     South    West     Urban    urban    Rural                                 ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­ Pope Francis                     48%      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A Pope Benedict the Sixteenth       9%      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A Pope John Paul the Second        42%      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A No opinion                        1%      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A Sampling Error                +/­7.0                                                                                                       Tea Pty  Tea Pty  Tea Pty                                 Total  Support  Neutral   Oppose                                 ­­­­­  ­­­­­­­  ­­­­­­­  ­­­­­­­ Pope Francis                     48%      N/A      N/A       N/A Pope Benedict the Sixteenth       9%      N/A      N/A       N/A Pope John Paul the Second        42%      N/A      N/A       N/A No opinion                        1%      N/A      N/A       N/A Sampling Error                +/­7.0                              * percentage less than 1% POLL 9 3 -10- September 4-8, 2015 CNN/ORC International Poll ­­ September 4 to 8, 2015 Question 22 In your opinion, is Pope Francis too conservative in his positions on issues, too liberal, or about right? Base = Catholics                                 Total    Men    Women   White   Non­White                                 ­­­­­   ­­­­­   ­­­­­   ­­­­­   ­­­­­­­­­ Too conservative                  7%     N/A     N/A      7%       N/A Too liberal                      18%     N/A     N/A     18%       N/A About right                      76%     N/A     N/A     75%       N/A No opinion                        *      N/A     N/A      *        N/A Sampling Error                +/­7.0                  +/­8.0                                                      18­      35­      50­             Under    50 and                                 Total      34       49       64      65+       50     Older                                 ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­­ Too conservative                  7%      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A        2% Too liberal                      18%      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A       18% About right                      76%      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A       80% No opinion                        *       N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A        *  Sampling Error                +/­7.0                                                 +/­8.0                                                                               Lean    Lean                                         Under   $50K      No        Attended  Demo­   Repub­                                 Total    $50K   or more   College   College   crat    lican                                 ­­­­­   ­­­­­   ­­­­­­­   ­­­­­­­   ­­­­­­­­  ­­­­­­  ­­­­­­ Too conservative                  7%     N/A       N/A       N/A         7%      N/A     N/A Too liberal                      18%     N/A       N/A       N/A        16%      N/A     N/A About right                      76%     N/A       N/A       N/A        77%      N/A     N/A No opinion                        *      N/A       N/A       N/A         *       N/A     N/A Sampling Error                +/­7.0                                 +/­8.5                                                           Demo­    Indep­    Repub­    Lib­     Mod­     Conser­                                 Total    crat     endent    lican     eral     erate    vative                                 ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­­    ­­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­­­ Too conservative                  7%      N/A       N/A       N/A      N/A      N/A       N/A Too liberal                      18%      N/A       N/A       N/A      N/A      N/A       N/A About right                      76%      N/A       N/A       N/A      N/A      N/A       N/A No opinion                        *       N/A       N/A       N/A      N/A      N/A       N/A Sampling Error                +/­7.0                                                                                                   North    Mid­                                Sub­                                 Total    east     west     South    West     Urban    urban    Rural                                 ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­ Too conservative                  7%      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A Too liberal                      18%      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A About right                      76%      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A No opinion                        *       N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A Sampling Error                +/­7.0                                                                                                       Tea Pty  Tea Pty  Tea Pty                                 Total  Support  Neutral   Oppose                                 ­­­­­  ­­­­­­­  ­­­­­­­  ­­­­­­­ Too conservative                  7%      N/A      N/A       N/A Too liberal                      18%      N/A      N/A       N/A About right                      76%      N/A      N/A       N/A No opinion                        *       N/A      N/A       N/A Sampling Error                +/­7.0                              * percentage less than 1% POLL 9 3 -11- September 4-8, 2015 CNN/ORC International Poll ­­ September 4 to 8, 2015 Question 23 Do you think the Pope is in touch with the modern world or is he out of touch with the modern world? Base = Catholics                                 Total    Men    Women   White   Non­White                                 ­­­­­   ­­­­­   ­­­­­   ­­­­­   ­­­­­­­­­ In touch                         77%     N/A     N/A     81%       N/A Out of touch                     18%     N/A     N/A     15%       N/A No opinion                        5%     N/A     N/A      4%       N/A Sampling Error                +/­7.0                  +/­8.0                                                      18­      35­      50­             Under    50 and                                 Total      34       49       64      65+       50     Older                                 ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­­ In touch                         77%      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A       80% Out of touch                     18%      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A       15% No opinion                        5%      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A        5% Sampling Error                +/­7.0                                                 +/­8.0                                                                               Lean    Lean                                         Under   $50K      No        Attended  Demo­   Repub­                                 Total    $50K   or more   College   College   crat    lican                                 ­­­­­   ­­­­­   ­­­­­­­   ­­­­­­­   ­­­­­­­­  ­­­­­­  ­­­­­­ In touch                         77%     N/A       N/A       N/A        84%      N/A     N/A Out of touch                     18%     N/A       N/A       N/A        11%      N/A     N/A No opinion                        5%     N/A       N/A       N/A         5%      N/A     N/A Sampling Error                +/­7.0                                 +/­8.5                                                           Demo­    Indep­    Repub­    Lib­     Mod­     Conser­                                 Total    crat     endent    lican     eral     erate    vative                                 ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­­    ­­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­­­ In touch                         77%      N/A       N/A       N/A      N/A      N/A       N/A Out of touch                     18%      N/A       N/A       N/A      N/A      N/A       N/A No opinion                        5%      N/A       N/A       N/A      N/A      N/A       N/A Sampling Error                +/­7.0                                                                                                   North    Mid­                                Sub­                                 Total    east     west     South    West     Urban    urban    Rural                                 ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­ In touch                         77%      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A Out of touch                     18%      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A No opinion                        5%      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A Sampling Error                +/­7.0                                                                                                       Tea Pty  Tea Pty  Tea Pty                                 Total  Support  Neutral   Oppose                                 ­­­­­  ­­­­­­­  ­­­­­­­  ­­­­­­­ In touch                         77%      N/A      N/A       N/A Out of touch                     18%      N/A      N/A       N/A No opinion                        5%      N/A      N/A       N/A Sampling Error                +/­7.0                              * percentage less than 1% POLL 9 3 -12- September 4-8, 2015 CNN/ORC International Poll ­­ September 4 to 8, 2015 Question 24A Do you approve or disapprove of Pope Francis' comments on each of the following topics. A. The role of women in the Catholic Church Base = Catholics                                 Total    Men    Women   White   Non­White                                 ­­­­­   ­­­­­   ­­­­­   ­­­­­   ­­­­­­­­­ Approve                          67%     N/A     N/A     66%       N/A Disapprove                       23%     N/A     N/A     27%       N/A No opinion                       10%     N/A     N/A      7%       N/A Sampling Error                +/­7.0                  +/­8.0                                                      18­      35­      50­             Under    50 and                                 Total      34       49       64      65+       50     Older                                 ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­­ Approve                          67%      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A       71% Disapprove                       23%      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A       24% No opinion                       10%      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A        6% Sampling Error                +/­7.0                                                 +/­8.0                                                                               Lean    Lean                                         Under   $50K      No        Attended  Demo­   Repub­                                 Total    $50K   or more   College   College   crat    lican                                 ­­­­­   ­­­­­   ­­­­­­­   ­­­­­­­   ­­­­­­­­  ­­­­­­  ­­­­­­ Approve                          67%     N/A       N/A       N/A        65%      N/A     N/A Disapprove                       23%     N/A       N/A       N/A        28%      N/A     N/A No opinion                       10%     N/A       N/A       N/A         8%      N/A     N/A Sampling Error                +/­7.0                                 +/­8.5                                                           Demo­    Indep­    Repub­    Lib­     Mod­     Conser­                                 Total    crat     endent    lican     eral     erate    vative                                 ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­­    ­­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­­­ Approve                          67%      N/A       N/A       N/A      N/A      N/A       N/A Disapprove                       23%      N/A       N/A       N/A      N/A      N/A       N/A No opinion                       10%      N/A       N/A       N/A      N/A      N/A       N/A Sampling Error                +/­7.0                                                                                                   North    Mid­                                Sub­                                 Total    east     west     South    West     Urban    urban    Rural                                 ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­ Approve                          67%      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A Disapprove                       23%      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A No opinion                       10%      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A Sampling Error                +/­7.0                                                                                                       Tea Pty  Tea Pty  Tea Pty                                 Total  Support  Neutral   Oppose                                 ­­­­­  ­­­­­­­  ­­­­­­­  ­­­­­­­ Approve                          67%      N/A      N/A       N/A Disapprove                       23%      N/A      N/A       N/A No opinion                       10%      N/A      N/A       N/A Sampling Error                +/­7.0                              * percentage less than 1% POLL 9 3 -13- September 4-8, 2015 CNN/ORC International Poll ­­ September 4 to 8, 2015 Question 24B Do you approve or disapprove of Pope Francis' comments on each of the following topics. B. Abortion and contraception Base = Catholics                                 Total    Men    Women   White   Non­White                                 ­­­­­   ­­­­­   ­­­­­   ­­­­­   ­­­­­­­­­ Approve                          57%     N/A     N/A     55%       N/A Disapprove                       35%     N/A     N/A     37%       N/A No opinion                        8%     N/A     N/A      8%       N/A Sampling Error                +/­7.0                  +/­8.0                                                      18­      35­      50­             Under    50 and                                 Total      34       49       64      65+       50     Older                                 ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­­ Approve                          57%      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A       53% Disapprove                       35%      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A       41% No opinion                        8%      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A        6% Sampling Error                +/­7.0                                                 +/­8.0                                                                               Lean    Lean                                         Under   $50K      No        Attended  Demo­   Repub­                                 Total    $50K   or more   College   College   crat    lican                                 ­­­­­   ­­­­­   ­­­­­­­   ­­­­­­­   ­­­­­­­­  ­­­­­­  ­­­­­­ Approve                          57%     N/A       N/A       N/A        65%      N/A     N/A Disapprove                       35%     N/A       N/A       N/A        30%      N/A     N/A No opinion                        8%     N/A       N/A       N/A         5%      N/A     N/A Sampling Error                +/­7.0                                 +/­8.5                                                           Demo­    Indep­    Repub­    Lib­     Mod­     Conser­                                 Total    crat     endent    lican     eral     erate    vative                                 ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­­    ­­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­­­ Approve                          57%      N/A       N/A       N/A      N/A      N/A       N/A Disapprove                       35%      N/A       N/A       N/A      N/A      N/A       N/A No opinion                        8%      N/A       N/A       N/A      N/A      N/A       N/A Sampling Error                +/­7.0                                                                                                   North    Mid­                                Sub­                                 Total    east     west     South    West     Urban    urban    Rural                                 ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­ Approve                          57%      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A Disapprove                       35%      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A No opinion                        8%      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A Sampling Error                +/­7.0                                                                                                       Tea Pty  Tea Pty  Tea Pty                                 Total  Support  Neutral   Oppose                                 ­­­­­  ­­­­­­­  ­­­­­­­  ­­­­­­­ Approve                          57%      N/A      N/A       N/A Disapprove                       35%      N/A      N/A       N/A No opinion                        8%      N/A      N/A       N/A Sampling Error                +/­7.0                              * percentage less than 1% POLL 9 3 -14- September 4-8, 2015 CNN/ORC International Poll ­­ September 4 to 8, 2015 Question 24C Do you approve or disapprove of Pope Francis' comments on each of the following topics. C. Capitalism and the effects of a free market economy on the poor Base = Catholics                                 Total    Men    Women   White   Non­White                                 ­­­­­   ­­­­­   ­­­­­   ­­­­­   ­­­­­­­­­ Approve                          57%     N/A     N/A     55%       N/A Disapprove                       34%     N/A     N/A     33%       N/A No opinion                        9%     N/A     N/A     12%       N/A Sampling Error                +/­7.0                  +/­8.0                                                      18­      35­      50­             Under    50 and                                 Total      34       49       64      65+       50     Older                                 ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­­ Approve                          57%      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A       61% Disapprove                       34%      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A       31% No opinion                        9%      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A        9% Sampling Error                +/­7.0                                                 +/­8.0                                                                               Lean    Lean                                         Under   $50K      No        Attended  Demo­   Repub­                                 Total    $50K   or more   College   College   crat    lican                                 ­­­­­   ­­­­­   ­­­­­­­   ­­­­­­­   ­­­­­­­­  ­­­­­­  ­­­­­­ Approve                          57%     N/A       N/A       N/A        57%      N/A     N/A Disapprove                       34%     N/A       N/A       N/A        34%      N/A     N/A No opinion                        9%     N/A       N/A       N/A         9%      N/A     N/A Sampling Error                +/­7.0                                 +/­8.5                                                           Demo­    Indep­    Repub­    Lib­     Mod­     Conser­                                 Total    crat     endent    lican     eral     erate    vative                                 ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­­    ­­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­­­ Approve                          57%      N/A       N/A       N/A      N/A      N/A       N/A Disapprove                       34%      N/A       N/A       N/A      N/A      N/A       N/A No opinion                        9%      N/A       N/A       N/A      N/A      N/A       N/A Sampling Error                +/­7.0                                                                                                   North    Mid­                                Sub­                                 Total    east     west     South    West     Urban    urban    Rural                                 ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­ Approve                          57%      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A Disapprove                       34%      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A No opinion                        9%      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A Sampling Error                +/­7.0                                                                                                       Tea Pty  Tea Pty  Tea Pty                                 Total  Support  Neutral   Oppose                                 ­­­­­  ­­­­­­­  ­­­­­­­  ­­­­­­­ Approve                          57%      N/A      N/A       N/A Disapprove                       34%      N/A      N/A       N/A No opinion                        9%      N/A      N/A       N/A Sampling Error                +/­7.0                              * percentage less than 1% POLL 9 3 -15- September 4-8, 2015 CNN/ORC International Poll ­­ September 4 to 8, 2015 Question 24D Do you approve or disapprove of Pope Francis' comments on each of the following topics. D. The church’s role in protecting the environment Base = Catholics                                 Total    Men    Women   White   Non­White                                 ­­­­­   ­­­­­   ­­­­­   ­­­­­   ­­­­­­­­­ Approve                          73%     N/A     N/A     71%       N/A Disapprove                       22%     N/A     N/A     21%       N/A No opinion                        5%     N/A     N/A      8%       N/A Sampling Error                +/­7.0                  +/­8.0                                                      18­      35­      50­             Under    50 and                                 Total      34       49       64      65+       50     Older                                 ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­­ Approve                          73%      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A       74% Disapprove                       22%      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A       25% No opinion                        5%      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A        2% Sampling Error                +/­7.0                                                 +/­8.0                                                                               Lean    Lean                                         Under   $50K      No        Attended  Demo­   Repub­                                 Total    $50K   or more   College   College   crat    lican                                 ­­­­­   ­­­­­   ­­­­­­­   ­­­­­­­   ­­­­­­­­  ­­­­­­  ­­­­­­ Approve                          73%     N/A       N/A       N/A        69%      N/A     N/A Disapprove                       22%     N/A       N/A       N/A        25%      N/A     N/A No opinion                        5%     N/A       N/A       N/A         5%      N/A     N/A Sampling Error                +/­7.0                                 +/­8.5                                                           Demo­    Indep­    Repub­    Lib­     Mod­     Conser­                                 Total    crat     endent    lican     eral     erate    vative                                 ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­­    ­­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­­­ Approve                          73%      N/A       N/A       N/A      N/A      N/A       N/A Disapprove                       22%      N/A       N/A       N/A      N/A      N/A       N/A No opinion                        5%      N/A       N/A       N/A      N/A      N/A       N/A Sampling Error                +/­7.0                                                                                                   North    Mid­                                Sub­                                 Total    east     west     South    West     Urban    urban    Rural                                 ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­ Approve                          73%      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A Disapprove                       22%      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A No opinion                        5%      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A Sampling Error                +/­7.0                                                                                                       Tea Pty  Tea Pty  Tea Pty                                 Total  Support  Neutral   Oppose                                 ­­­­­  ­­­­­­­  ­­­­­­­  ­­­­­­­ Approve                          73%      N/A      N/A       N/A Disapprove                       22%      N/A      N/A       N/A No opinion                        5%      N/A      N/A       N/A Sampling Error                +/­7.0                              * percentage less than 1% POLL 9 3 -16- September 4-8, 2015 CNN/ORC International Poll ­­ September 4 to 8, 2015 Question 24E Do you approve or disapprove of Pope Francis' comments on each of the following topics. E. The Catholic Church's position toward gays and lesbians Base = Catholics                                 Total    Men    Women   White   Non­White                                 ­­­­­   ­­­­­   ­­­­­   ­­­­­   ­­­­­­­­­ Approve                          63%     N/A     N/A     58%       N/A Disapprove                       34%     N/A     N/A     41%       N/A No opinion                        3%     N/A     N/A      2%       N/A Sampling Error                +/­7.0                  +/­8.0                                                      18­      35­      50­             Under    50 and                                 Total      34       49       64      65+       50     Older                                 ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­­ Approve                          63%      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A       65% Disapprove                       34%      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A       33% No opinion                        3%      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A        2% Sampling Error                +/­7.0                                                 +/­8.0                                                                               Lean    Lean                                         Under   $50K      No        Attended  Demo­   Repub­                                 Total    $50K   or more   College   College   crat    lican                                 ­­­­­   ­­­­­   ­­­­­­­   ­­­­­­­   ­­­­­­­­  ­­­­­­  ­­­­­­ Approve                          63%     N/A       N/A       N/A        63%      N/A     N/A Disapprove                       34%     N/A       N/A       N/A        33%      N/A     N/A No opinion                        3%     N/A       N/A       N/A         4%      N/A     N/A Sampling Error                +/­7.0                                 +/­8.5                                                           Demo­    Indep­    Repub­    Lib­     Mod­     Conser­                                 Total    crat     endent    lican     eral     erate    vative                                 ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­­    ­­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­­­ Approve                          63%      N/A       N/A       N/A      N/A      N/A       N/A Disapprove                       34%      N/A       N/A       N/A      N/A      N/A       N/A No opinion                        3%      N/A       N/A       N/A      N/A      N/A       N/A Sampling Error                +/­7.0                                                                                                   North    Mid­                                Sub­                                 Total    east     west     South    West     Urban    urban    Rural                                 ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­ Approve                          63%      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A Disapprove                       34%      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A No opinion                        3%      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A Sampling Error                +/­7.0                                                                                                       Tea Pty  Tea Pty  Tea Pty                                 Total  Support  Neutral   Oppose                                 ­­­­­  ­­­­­­­  ­­­­­­­  ­­­­­­­ Approve                          63%      N/A      N/A       N/A Disapprove                       34%      N/A      N/A       N/A No opinion                        3%      N/A      N/A       N/A Sampling Error                +/­7.0                              * percentage less than 1% POLL 9 3 -17- September 4-8, 2015 CNN/ORC International Poll ­­ September 4 to 8, 2015 Question 25 Do you think Pope Francis's leadership of the church so far has been too focused on issues that aren't traditionally spiritual, such as the environment or economics, or is he spending the right amount of time on those issues? Base = Catholics                                 Total    Men    Women   White   Non­White                                 ­­­­­   ­­­­­   ­­­­­   ­­­­­   ­­­­­­­­­ Too focused on issues            16%     N/A     N/A     17%       N/A Spends right amount of time      78%     N/A     N/A     76%       N/A Not spending enough time          5%     N/A     N/A      6%       N/A No opinion                        1%     N/A     N/A      2%       N/A Sampling Error                +/­7.0                  +/­8.0                                                      18­      35­      50­             Under    50 and                                 Total      34       49       64      65+       50     Older                                 ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­­ Too focused on issues            16%      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A       16% Spends right amount of time      78%      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A       79% Not spending enough time          5%      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A        3% No opinion                        1%      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A        2% Sampling Error                +/­7.0                                                 +/­8.0                                                                               Lean    Lean                                         Under   $50K      No        Attended  Demo­   Repub­                                 Total    $50K   or more   College   College   crat    lican                                 ­­­­­   ­­­­­   ­­­­­­­   ­­­­­­­   ­­­­­­­­  ­­­­­­  ­­­­­­ Too focused on issues            16%     N/A       N/A       N/A        16%      N/A     N/A Spends right amount of time      78%     N/A       N/A       N/A        77%      N/A     N/A Not spending enough time          5%     N/A       N/A       N/A         7%      N/A     N/A No opinion                        1%     N/A       N/A       N/A         *       N/A     N/A Sampling Error                +/­7.0                                 +/­8.5                                                           Demo­    Indep­    Repub­    Lib­     Mod­     Conser­                                 Total    crat     endent    lican     eral     erate    vative                                 ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­­    ­­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­­­ Too focused on issues            16%      N/A       N/A       N/A      N/A      N/A       N/A Spends right amount of time      78%      N/A       N/A       N/A      N/A      N/A       N/A Not spending enough time          5%      N/A       N/A       N/A      N/A      N/A       N/A No opinion                        1%      N/A       N/A       N/A      N/A      N/A       N/A Sampling Error                +/­7.0                                                                                                   North    Mid­                                Sub­                                 Total    east     west     South    West     Urban    urban    Rural                                 ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­    ­­­­­ Too focused on issues            16%      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A Spends right amount of time      78%      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A Not spending enough time          5%      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A No opinion                        1%      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A Sampling Error                +/­7.0                                                                                                       Tea Pty  Tea Pty  Tea Pty                                 Total  Support  Neutral   Oppose                                 ­­­­­  ­­­­­­­  ­­­­­­­  ­­­­­­­ Too focused on issues            16%      N/A      N/A       N/A Spends right amount of time      78%      N/A      N/A       N/A Not spending enough time          5%      N/A      N/A       N/A No opinion                        1%      N/A      N/A       N/A Sampling Error                +/­7.0                              * percentage less than 1% POLL 9 3 -18- September 4-8, 2015