Pope Leo tops Gallup world leader poll, across party lines

Pope Leo tops Gallup world leader poll, across party lines

(OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV tops a new Gallup poll on world leaders, appealing to U.S. residents broadly in a politically divided — and divisive — nation. The poll, conducted by telephone July 7-21 with 1,002 adults throughout the country, found that 57% of respondents viewed Pope Leo favorably, with 11% disapproving of him and 31% having no opinion.  Of that last group, 18% said they were not familiar enough with the pope to weigh in, while the r…