“Francis, a Happy Hour Pope.” A Major Survey on Italians’ Unsteady Faith
… “Francis, a happy hour pope,” which takes up the very words of one interviewee
… four years after Bergoglio’s election as pope
… “In regard to Francis,” he writes, “positive sentiments are 33.2 per cent, negative 20.3, and neutral 46.4.”
…“evaluated more in terms of socio-political interventionism than along spiritual lines”
… “pope’s official documents, including the encyclicals, are not remembered even as to their titles”
… “what instead hits the mark is the series of papal statements and gestures concerning migrants, the poor, the suffering”
… o the specific question of whether the pope is capable of patching things up with religious faith, half replied no
… believe in another life have decreased significantly: they were 41 percent and now they are 28.6
… in the face of this collapse of faith in the resurrection, it is striking that none of the interviewees, coming to the topic of Pope Francis, should speak of him as a proclaimer of eternal life
