PUBLIC OPINION POLL OF U.S. CATHOLICS CONCERNING POPE JOHN PAUL II, HIS
SUCCESSOR AND POLICIES
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USA Today/CNN/Gallup Poll of 2005-APR-1 & 2:
Three information groups cooperated to conduct a public opinion poll among 254
Roman Catholic
American adults as Pope John Paul II was dying. The margin of error is
±7 percentage points. This was part of a larger study
of 1040 American adults.
Some results:
Question
Great Deal
Moderate Amt.
Not much
Not at all
No opinion
How much does the choice of the next pope matter?
36%
29%
16%
19%
0
How much does it matter to the world?
55
34
7
4
0
Question
Yes
No
No opinion
Will Pope John Paul II be made a saint?
71%
18%
11%
Question
Inspired
Not affected strongly
No opinion
Did you find inspiration in the way the pope handled his
health problems?
51%
48%
1%
Question
One of the greatest
Great
Good
Average
Below average
No opinion
How will Pope John Paul II be judged by history?
67%
21%
7%
2%
1
2
Question
More conservative
About the same
More liberal
No opinion
Should the next pope be:
4%
59%
34%
3%
Question
Acceptable
Unacceptable
No opinion
What if the next pope were chosen from Latin America?
85%
12%
3%
From Africa?
80
17
3
From Asia?
78
19
3
Question
Yes
No
No opinion
Should the next pope allow Catholics to use birth
control?
78%
21%
1%
Allow priests to marry
63
36
1
Relax doctrine on stem cell research
59
36
5
Allow women to become priests
55
44
1
Allow Catholics to divorce & remarry without getting an
annulment
49
48
3
Relax church doctrine on abortion
37
59
4
References used:
Susan Page, "Survey reveals affection,
respect for John Paul," USA Today, 2005-APR-3, at:
http://www.usatoday.com/