4.2 Million American Catholics Leave Church To Protest Pope Francis

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A new Gallup poll has found that over four million Catholics in the U.S. have turned their back on the church since Pope Francis took control. 

Pope Francis is one of the most hated men in the world today. Those who hate him most are not atheists, or protestants, or Muslims, but members of his own congregation. Francis’s far left policies have infuriated conservatives and sparked a revolt, with a new poll finding that over four million Catholics in the U.S. have turned their back on the church since Pope Francis took control. 

If a pope’s effectiveness is measured by Catholic church attendance, then the papacy of Jorge Bergoglio, aka Pope Francis, is a failure.

A Gallop poll found that Catholic church attendance in the United States between the pontificates of Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis experienced the sharpest drop in decades, since the 1970s:

  • From 2005 to 2008 in the early years of the Benedict pontificate, an average of 45% of U.S. Catholics attended weekly Mass.
  • That average fell to 39% during the heart of the Francis papacy, from 2014 to 2017.
  • American Catholics between the ages of 50 and 59 saw the sharpest decline in Mass attendance between the pontificates of Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis, falling from 46% to 31%, or a drop of 15%.
  • Those aged 30 to 39 is the only age group that experienced a rise in church attendance between the pontificates of Benedict and Francis, from 40% to 43%.
  • The 6% drop cannot attributed to a decline in religiosity of all U.S. Christians, but is unique to the Catholic Church because weekly church attendance has remained steady among Protestants.

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Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D., of Breitbart observes that it is unlikely that Pope Francis’ “continual deemphasizing of the importance of obedience to church rules such as regular Mass attendance and adherence to Catholic doctrine has not had an appreciable effect on Catholic practice.” Williams points to a recent study by the Pew Research Center which found “signs of growing discontent” with Francis are emerging among American Catholics.

The unmistakable trend is toward greater disapproval of Francis, with increasing numbers saying they view the pope unfavorably because he is “too liberal and naïve”:

  • The percentage of Catholics who say they disapprove of the pope has more than doubled in the last four years, from 4% in 2014 to 9% in 2018.
  • The number of American Catholics who believe that Pope Francis represents a “major change for the worse” has more than doubled from 2015 to 2018, from just 3% in 2015 to 7% at present.
  • The share of U.S. Catholics who consider Francis “too liberal” has risen sharply from 19% in 2015 to 34% in 2018, while the number who consider him to be “naïve” has risen from 15% to 24% in the same period.
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9 Comments

  1. I am a Christian, but not Catholic; 50-50 split in the family and in my family – (50%), absolutely despise the man + you may also be surprised how many protestants and Orthodox Christians are with our Catholic brothers and sisters in the shared belief he is one bad man.

    NWO ? – antichrist ?, whatever…pure evil for me.

  2. I left the catholics 30 yrs ago…when I discovered it was a cult……. And I discovered the Bible..The Word of God…….. Jesus Christ IS The World of God. He can set you free……………Not by might not my power but by my Spirit says the Lord

  3. I absolutely hate the man. My friend’s devout, Italian, Catholic grandma, who never enters the church without covering her hair, spits on the ground when his name is mentioned. My other friend’s Polish Catholic devout grandma shakes her head and says he is worse then the Borgias.

  4. Pope Francis, a Jesuit and former bounce, is the most Earth-bound church leader yet, although history indicates he is not the sole defunct clergyman abiding the Catholic faith, which means Francis has plenty of company. And, since there is little recourse of ridding the church of his likes, keep him challenged as to his liberalism in dealing with Catholic canonical laws.

  5. I consider pope francis to be Obama with a beanie. Hussein was installed to destroy the US from within and had much success. His ego has him showing his mug more and more. Likewise, Frank is following the same path, twist the roots will the tree dies. I’m a long-time ex Catholic, but am still an observer of it. If I was to entertain returning, Frank would be an the Berlin wall.

  6. Pope Francis is the AntiChrist. Pure evil. A pedophile who trafficked children since he was a lowly priest.

  7. For those of you who AREN’T ROMAN CATHOLIC ( I = AM, EXCEPT NOT OF POPE FRANCIS or JOHN PAUL II’s ILK; I’M PRE-VATICAN II) WHAT PEOPLE GENERALLY HATE ABOUT THE CATHOLICS ANYMORE, IS THE BLATANT DISHONESTY OF SEVERAL KEY MEMBERS: OCCULTISM, PEDOPHILES ?? You betcha !!! COVERUPS; LYING; MURDER; PAYOFFS ARE COMMON PRACTICES. OKAY, AND THEN WE GET THE GRAND DADDY OF THEM ALL = President Joe Biden, And Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi ( who went to a Catholic girls’ school ) being CATHOLICS in good standing, TAKING COMMUNION EVERY SUNDAY , WHILE AT THE SAME TIME BEATING THE ABORTION/MULTIPLE MARRIAGE/SAME SEX MARRIAGE DRUMS. ALRIGHT, IF YOU BELIEVE THAT THIS WILL BUY THEM A ONE WAY, ALL EXPENSE PAID TRIP TO BEAUTIFUL, SUNNY, WARM, TROPICAL = H#LL= THEN YOU ARE CORRECT !!! THE REAL TRAGEDY IS ALL OF THE WISHY WASHY CATHOLICS THAT THEY’RE GOING TO BE DRAGGING DOWN THERE —–WITH THEM. ( Hey, any questions ??? It’s all IN YOUR SCRIPTURES. ) G-D Bless Catherine H.

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