Are We Past Peak Francis?

Oh, how the mighty fall. Is it possible that Pope Francis—the man who graced the covers of Time, Rolling Stone, and The Advocate in the first year of his papacy—is losing some of his star power?

Indeed it is, according to a Gallup poll that found that the pontiff’s popularity has dropped from 76 percent in 2014 to just 59 percent in a survey conducted July 8-12. But the decline is apparently not because the Francis is too Catholic in his views on women, divorced Catholics or gays; it appears to be because he is not Catholic enough for American conservatives.

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