Pope Francis' Popularity Declines in Argentina From 98% to 74% in a Decade | EWTN News Nightly

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Pope Francis is still very popular in several Latin American countries, but when it comes to his native Argentina, it is a different story. That's according to a new Pew Research poll released today. When then-Buenos Aires Archbishop Jorge Bergoglio became Pope Francis in 2013, his country treated the occasion like a World Cup championship. At that time, nearly all Catholics surveyed there, 98%, expressed a favorable opinion of the Holy Father. A decade later, we see a sharp drop to 74%. Senior Researcher at Pew, Jonathan Evans, joins to share why he thinks the pope's favorability dropped in Argentina. Evans tells us more about how he gathered the data. A big topic among Catholics is birth control. It was addressed by St. Paul VI in his encyclical Humane Vitae and the Catechism. It states that "any action, which either before, during, or after sexual intercourse, seeks to make procreation impossible, is intrinsically evil". Evans discusses what the Catholics surveyed thought on the matter. ------------ EWTN News Nightly provides the latest news and analysis from a Catholic perspective. Join host Tracy Sabol, our Capitol Hill, White House and Rome Correspondents, as well as many other diverse guests daily, to get the latest from the U.S. and the Vatican on topics regarding our Catholic faith and interests. ------------- EWTN News Nightly airs on EWTN weekdays at 6pm & 9pm ET. ------------ Don't miss an episode of EWTN New Nightly. Get updates here: https://www.ewtn.com/tv/shows/ewtn-news-nightly ------------- Sign up today to receive the EWTN News Nightly newsletter: https://www.ewtn.com/enn ------------- Follow EWTN News Nightly on Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ewtnnewsnightly Twitter: https://twitter.com/EWTNNewsNightly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ewtnnewsnightly/ ------------- Subscribe to EWTN YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/EWTN ------------- You can support the EWTN News mission: https://bit.ly/3qDR1qf