This poll was conducted for The Washington Post and ABC News by telephone December 4 to 8, 2013 among a random national sample of 1,006 adults, including users of both conventional and cellular phones. The results from the full survey have a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points. The error margin is 7.5 points for among the sample of 224 Catholics. Sampling, data collection and tabulation by SSRS of Media, Pa. *= less than 0.5 percent 1. Overall, do you have a favorable or unfavorable impression of the Catholic Church? Do you feel that way strongly, or somewhat? ------- Favorable ------NET Strongly Somewhat ------ Unfavorable -----NET Somewhat Strongly All: 12/8/13 62 24 38 30 20 2/17/13 62 26 35 28 16 4/24/05 56 NA NA 36 NA 2/22/04 54 “ “ 33 “ 10/13/03 48 44 12/15/02 40 52 6/17/02 45 47 6/9/02 47 45 3/28/02 55 34 2/20/02 63 27 8/30/99* 68 19 *Wash Post/Kaiser/Harvard, asked "very/somewhat" follow Catholics: 12/8/13 2/17/13 4/24/05 2/22/04 10/13/03 12/15/02 6/17/02 6/9/02 3/28/02 2/20/02 95 86 81 87 80 69 69 70 73 88 62 56 NA “ 34 30 NA “ 4 11 17 10 17 30 28 28 24 9 4 7 NA “ No opinion 10 13 NA “ 8 10 8 13 8 8 9 7 11 11 13 0 3 NA “ 1 3 1 3 3 2 3 2 3 4 2. Overall, do you have a favorable or unfavorable impression of Pope Francis? Do you feel that way strongly, or somewhat? ------- Favorable ------NET Strongly Somewhat 12/8/13 All 69 36 33 12/8/13 Catholics 92 63 29 ------ Unfavorable -----NET Somewhat Strongly 14 9 5 4 3 1 No opinion 16 3 Compare to Pope Benedict XVI: All: 2/17/13 4/13/08 54 48 www.washingtonpost.com/polls 22 NA 32 NA 27 24 17 NA 10 NA 19 28 Catholics: 2/17/13 4/13/08 76 74 43 NA 33 NA 14 13 8 NA 6 NA 9 14 Compare to Pope John Paul the Second: Favorable Unfavorable No opinion All: 3/13/05 10/13/03 1/13/98 10/1/95 8/8/93 8/23/87 67 65 71 64 68 51 16 24 10 20 12 8 17 11 19 16 20 41 Catholic: 3/13/05 10/13/03 10/1/95 8/23/87 87 84 83 76 8 11 10 4 5 5 7 20 3. Overall, do you approve or disapprove the direction in which Pope Francis is leading the Catholic Church? Do you feel that way strongly, or somewhat? -------- Approve -------NET Strongly Somewhat 12/8/13 All 64 31 34 12/8/13 Catholics 85 54 31 *** END *** www.washingtonpost.com/polls ------ Disapprove ------NET Somewhat Strongly 14 8 5 7 4 2 No opinion 22 9