Pope Francis waves as he arrives at the Festival of Families Sunday mass along Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania September 27, 2015. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Positive feelings towards the Roman Catholic Church have gone up in the United States since Pope Francis's first visit to the country, according to a Pew Research Center survey released on Wednesday.
Overall, 28 percent of U.S. adults surveyed said they had a more positive view of the Catholic Church because of Pope Francis. The September trip by the head of the world's approximately 1 billion Catholics included a speech to a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress.
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