One month after release of the papal encyclical on climate change, a new poll conducted by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and researchers at Yale University finds that fewer than 1 in 3 Americans, and 40 percent of Catholics, are aware of Pope Francis’s efforts to emphasize global warming as a priority issue for the Catholic Church. …
While Americans largely do not see global warming as an issue related to faith, Americans do think that the pope can use his platform to address global warming. Fifty-five percent of Americans say it is appropriate for the pope to take a public position on the issue of global climate change, 21 percent say it is not appropriate, and 23 percent say they are unsure. CONT.
Associated Press-NORC Center
