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
~+mn~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:
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Susan Page, "Survey reveals affection,
respect for John Paul," USA Today, 2005-APR-3, at:
http://www.usatoday.com/
Copyright © 2005 by Ontario Consultants on Religious
Tolerance
Originally posted: 2005-APR-06
Latest update: 2005-APR-06
Author: B.A. Robinson 
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