Poll: Good Feelings Toward Catholic Church Up in US Since Pope's Visit

Positive feelings toward the Roman Catholic Church have gone up in the United States since Pope Francis's first visit to the country, according to a Pew Research Center survey released on Wednesday. Overall, 28 percent of U.S. adults surveyed said they had a more positive view of the Catholic Church because of Francis. The September trip by the head of the world's approximately 1 billion Catholics included a speech to a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress. The favorable shift is...

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