Since his election in 2013, Pope Francis has achieved influence as a religious leader while also impacting political discussions through his teachings on social justice and environmental matters. In the United States, his teachings on these topics have generated some controversy among right-leaning figures. In this study, I look at whether this controversy is reflected in mass opinion about Pope Francis. Using data from three national surveys of Americans, I find that individuals who identify with the political right evaluate Francis more negatively. Qualifying this, Catholic religious affiliation weakens the tendency for right-wing identifiers to evaluate Francis more negatively, while strengthening the tendency for those high in religiosity to evaluate the pope positively. Finally, consistent with the idea that politically aware individuals are more likely to make ideologically informed judgments, the relationship between identification with the political right and negative evaluations of Pope Francis was stronger among the politically engaged.

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美国对教皇弗朗西斯态度的意识形态和宗教基础

自2013年选举以来，教皇弗朗西斯在宗教领袖取得了影响，同时也通过他对社会司法和环境问题的教义影响政治讨论。在美国，他对这些话题的教导在右倾人士中引起了一些争议。在这项研究中，我研究了这一争议是否反映在大众对教皇弗朗西斯的看法中。使用来自对美国人的三项全国调查的数据，我发现认同政治权利的人对弗朗西斯的评价更负面。证明这一点，天主教的宗教信仰削弱了右翼认同者对弗朗西斯的负面评价的倾向，同时加强了那些高度虔诚的人积极评价教皇的倾向。最后，