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Pope Francis more popular than any political world leader. This is what an opinion poll has . The poll was out by WIN/Gallup International on Thursday. It that 54 per cent of people around the world have a favourable opinion of the Pope. Researchers over 1,000 people in 64 countries about who they was the world's best leader. Pope Francis was most popular with Roman Catholics. Around 85 per cent of Catholics who part in the poll said they had a favourable opinion of him. Most of the people who did not in any god had a favourable opinion of the Pope. The president of WIN/Gallup International : "Pope Francis is a leader who his own religion."

It was fairly predictable where Pope Francis, 79, most popular. The largely Catholic countries of Portugal and the Philippines the most enthusiastic about him, with ratings of 94% and 93%. Pope Francis's lowest ratings in Algeria, Tunisia and Turkey. These the only countries in the poll to Francis a negative rating. Most people in Azerbaijan said they did not much about him. The Pope other world leaders like U.S. president Barack Obama and German chancellor Angela Merkel. The BBC's religious affairs correspondent : "Francis has enormous goodwill and the hearts and minds not just of Roman Catholics but also of people from other religions."