Pope Francis, first Latin American pontiff who ministered with a...

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : He said he received his religious calling at 17 while going to confession, recounting in a 2010 biography that, "I don´t know what it was, but it changed my life.
57% : he said in urging political reforms.
52% : He implored the world to use COVID-19 as an opportunity to rethink the economic and political framework that he said had turned rich against poor.
51% : Those same critics amplified their complaints after Francis´ approved church blessings for same-sex couples, and a controversial accord with China over nominating bishops.
50% : Twice, he joined other conservative cardinals in formally asking Francis to explain himself on doctrine issues reflecting a more progressive bent, including on the possibility of same-sex blessings and his outreach to divorced and civilly remarried Catholics.
48% : He made it easier for married Catholics to get an annulment, allowed priests to absolve women who had had abortions and decreed that priests could bless same-sex couples.

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