UNITED STATES
International Business Times
By Athena Yenko | March 7, 2014
Through a poll conducted with phone interviews of 1,340 Americans from Feb 14 to 23, Pew Research Center found that Pope Francis is “immensely popular among American Catholics,” but not inspiring enough to increase the number of Catholics to attend Mass or do volunteer work.
“There has been no measurable rise in the percentage of Americans who identify as Catholic. Nor has there been a statistically significant change in how often Catholics say they go to Mass,” the survey said.
Forty per cent of those interviewed said they were now praying more often; 26 per cent said they were more excited about their faiths because of the pope but the frequency of making a confession or volunteering for church has not improved.
On the other hand, 42 per cent of those interviewed said they occasionally attend mass, while 18 per cent admitted never going to church.
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