approval ratings are in for the pope this can really help him in the midterm
elections in 2014
I or is possibly other care about that he spoke for life
um but they are relevant in
other ways announcement and the same person to be with the numbers are US
catholics
are reading the pope at ATT percent popularity
okay eighty percent on them you Pope Francis favorably
that's that huge number now I know look for catholics
but pope not always popular among Catholics Pope Benedict was in this
popular in fact book prices was in this binder
when he first got in two officers again sounds funny like her
hope will be moving in the Oval Office after God anointed him
32 I yes he was a sixty-two
so moving from sixty to eighty eight is and people got more information about
two minutes positions
huge is huge so now as large as Catholics who like you american
catholics you know that this is that means a good
you know where they're not they're not the most Catholic catholics Union
yep and and so who
for them to give reenergize been excited about a pope
that's certainly relevant I thing why is more relevant but one more number for
you guys
now it's not just get Lisa 75 percent all Americans
in general think that he's doing a good job so is obviously going to a lot of
people
now to me this story is not about the poll it's about our reaction to the
Pope's
and what that tells us about American Society because we're often told is a
center-right country
and especially for religious you know you're right wing your conservative in
you know
all the social issues abortions a contraception et cetera et cetera
but his post press is going on opposite direction and very publicly so
saying hey don't worry like don't cost as much as you have on the abortion
issue the gay rights issue
I think the people we could go to have been et cetera and then
what we really need a country not exactly helping the poor the needy
you know washing the feet to the homeless over wash the feet of a Muslim
woman to reach out
and say he capitalism I watch it
I'm not against it but it's got its a excesses
and we should be careful about that and apparently
the American people an American catholics themselves not to get
leadership braid
I am but the people themselves loca message
why because we're actually a progressive country and so when we hear something
resoundingly progressive as the pope is saying now
especially contact them other religious leaders
we go are losing yeah I thought the pope's those
%uh the string of comments that he had the long six thousand page think that
the
that included a you haven't read that rather enjoyed a great line about the
you know with the stock market falls 2.22 big story but when I almost man
dies exposure nobody cares
'em at all that went with it that there was that
yet it matters for all whole host
a really important reasons other wanted tells us that americans respond to that
kinda message
to be fair John I'm talking before the show whatever politician said that
I brought that up in and and I think John and I
agree that would be different if a politician said it because the criticism
that I'll look at this is a marxist he's a socialist
you want to take all the money was to destroy the economy wanted makers
Venezuela makers cuba
summer that would land where that doesn't quite lead with the pope on Rush
Limbaugh ambers the pope for being marxist
a lot reasonable people here that be like rush much it's the pop
I click you know so
it stop eating so but that said it work so overwhelmingly well for him
it worked pretty well for about this you know when you're down as well but it
worked pretty well so
8 it's great on that accord and it's also great because
it sends a message to religious leaders everywhere
what happens when you open up with what happens when your progress and I
guarantee you
that there are Anglican leaders and Protestant leaders and
Southern Baptists and Methodists who are like I'd like that kinda Press
by you know I just purely you know think
I or they actually believe it and they were afraid to say it
yeah and I think what I just said is what I just said I believe in God I
believe we should live biblically and I believe the gay people should probably
be merry
what would you tell you have let me just say a short stop talking about
make their bigger issue here cuz he didn't say he was the bag in hand bags
and against
yeah well yeah yeah and so eighty-percent popularity currently to
the extent that that's driven by people who
are american catholics and already had fairly liberal views when it comes to
poverty and homosexuality
I'm not too concerned about that minutes it's great to have those positions
but I'm more concerned partially with what you're saying about this might lead
to
other leaders a have even other states coming out I hope that he is not just
I guess reflecting the opinions american catholics I hope that he can drive
a significant change in those opinions I want more conservative Catholics in
America
to be shipped in the same way that we believe that Obama coming out
in favor gay marriage just your to go we think that that moved some people I want
this to move so we will when it comes
it why I look at it that the Pope it well yeah hard are you after you've seen
your whole life the pope is right to vote was infallible
by and I know they always say like no no he's infallible only under certain
circumstances
on Wednesday when it's a over taxes that my i know i know:
but generally everybody's been saying you know everybody knows
the pope is infallible rate by and so have you been led to believe that your
whole life
it's hard to turn that around in a couple days and say now you know what I
think watch them both more right my pop
right now Spokeo has got representative on earth yet been
and I think what he's doing in part always popular now and make your
religion more popular and you couldn't a say maybe that's not such a great thing
right
especially for a visiting massive I we are right but about a
is that he saying remember when jesus said
and and remember this is really important you know how Jesus got to be
this popular
and have you know one point two billion people in Catholic Church on all the
questions in the world right
is he said let's help the poor the needy they're the ones who really get reward
in heaven
that turn out to be pretty popular message yeah so going back to that
message
pretty decent idea and it turns out people all across the world
still to this day respond to that message