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Pope is infallible on matters of faith or morals
Variable: popespks
Module:
Core
Subject:
Religion
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We are interested in what American Catholics think about religious matters. please select the answer from this card that comes closest to your own personal opinion about the following statement: Under certain conditions, the pope is infallible when he speaks on matters of faith and morals.

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Summary by Year
Showing All Years
Code Label
1 Certainly true
2 Probably true
3 Uncertain true or false
4 Probably false
5 Certainly false
8 Dont know
9 No answer
0 Not applicable
2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016
82 187 45 84 89 133 155
88 191 65 149 105 179 208
111 243 88 167 170 222 210
22 68 16 45 41 36 53
12 40 9 23 19 26 13
5 7 3 12 15 9 8
0 18 7 3 6 15 16
2492 3756 1790 1561 1529 1918 2204
Summary Statistics
Valid cases 3394
Missing cases 59072