Obama disapproval rating doubles among Catholics

April 07, 2009

Between February and March, the disapproval rating for President Barack Obama among Catholics doubled from 14% to 28%; among white Catholics, the figure rose from 20% to 41%. “You begin to wonder how could a guy who's so good on poverty questions, dignity of labor, rejection of torture, can be so unnuanced from a Catholic perspective on these fundamental life questions,” said Notre Dame Professor Scott Appleby, who addressed the US bishops at the height of the sex abuse crisis in 2002 and voted for President Obama in 2008. “I think the Obama administration should pay attention to this situation.”

 

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Further information:

• Invitation to Obama riles Catholics (National Post)