Pave Benedikt mer populær etter USA-besøket
John Allen skriver i sin ukentlige spalte at amerikaneres holding til pave Benedikt ble 10% mer positiv etter hans besøk der i midten av april:
The Marist poll asked Americans to rate Benedict as a «spiritual leader» and a «world leader» before and after the trip, and on both measures his scores went up ten points – 62 percent of Americans now describe him as «excellent» or «good» on the former, and 51 percent say the same about the latter. The Pew Forum found that Benedict’s overall approval rating in the United States went up nine points, from 52 percent to 61, and among Catholics it went from 74 to 83 percent.
As I noted in Brooklyn, getting 83 percent of American Catholics to agree on virtually anything is a minor miracle, let alone what they think of the job the pope is doing.
Perhaps most tellingly, the Marist survey found that 52 percent of Americans said the trip gave them a «more positive» impression of the Catholic church, while only 12 percent said «less positive.» Cumulatively, the data lead to one inexorable conclusion: from a communications point of view, the trip was a home run for the Holy Father.
Allen skriver også hva som gjorde størst inntrykk på amerikanerne – og litt om hvordan Kirken ofte ikke er så flinke med massemedia (se selve artikkelen for dette siste). …



