Survey finds six out of 10 Catholics give him a ‘fair’ or ‘poor” rating, while just three out of 10 say his handling of abuse has been ‘excellent’ or ‘good’
Confidence in Pope Francis’s handling of the sexual abuse scandal that has engulfed the Catholic church this year has fallen sharply among the faithful in the US, a new survey shows.
Francis, once seen as a charismatic and popular leader who drew huge crowds of Catholics and non-Catholics when he visited the US in September 2015, has also seen his personal ratings plummet.
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