A month after Pope Leo’s election, most U.S. Catholics give him positive reviews

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(OSV News) — Just over a month after his election, Pope Leo XIV is enjoying positive reviews from most of the nation’s Catholics, according to a new poll. That survey took place more than two years after Pope Francis’ March 2013 election. Another 46% said in the 2025 poll that they didn’t know enough to say about Pope Leo, while in 2015, 42% indicated the same about Pope Francis. In the 2025 poll, 10% of the nation’s adults said they disapproved of Pope Leo, while 13% said the same of Pope Francis in 2015. Along political party lines, roughly half of U.S. Democrats view Pope Leo favorably, along with some 4 in 10 Republicans and independents.