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Americans of Polish descent. How many of us are on Polish forums? [216]
Pope Francis IS respected by a lot of Poles.
Indeed, what really annoyed and angered a lot of moderate Catholics in Poland was the way that Francis was saying one thing and then the Church was trying to spin it in a different light. But look on the refugees issue - even the Church here itself has been calling to accept them, yet they're completely ignored by the holier-than-thou types.
Most of the actual Catholics have mixed feelings about him. Definitely he is respected less than the previous Popes.
The only ones that respect him less are the ones who read Fronda and such like, because they know better than the Pope, obviously. A lot of moderates respect him far more than Benedict.