A complete of 54% of Ukrainians belief Pope Leo XIV as a doable mediator within the subsequent peace talks on the Russo-Ukrainian struggle. Over 70% of residents assist holding them within the Vatican.
Supply: outcomes of a nationwide opinion ballot performed by SOCIS Centre in June 2025
Particulars: Total, 71% of respondents supported that the subsequent spherical of negotiations with Russia must be held within the Vatican. 12.2% of respondents opposed the concept, whereas 16.7% discovered it troublesome to reply this query.
A complete of 11.1% of Ukrainians expressed their full confidence in Pope Leo XIV as a doable mediator in these negotiations. One other 42.9% of respondents stated they trusted him reasonably than distrusted him.
Nonetheless, 14% of respondents stated they might reasonably mistrust the pontiff than belief him, and eight.5% stated that they had no belief. 23.6% of individuals left this query unanswered.
Angle of Ukrainians in the direction of the Pope and the Vatican
Sociologists requested Ukrainians whether or not they knew something in regards to the actions of the Vatican because the centre of world Catholicism in relation to Ukraine through the full-scale struggle. The bulk, 56.1%, of respondents stated they didn’t. Solely 39.9% stated they knew about such work.
42.8% of Ukrainians consider that the earlier Pope Francis took a impartial place on the struggle in Ukraine. One other 18% consider that the deceased pontiff supported our nation, and nearly the identical variety of respondents – 18.4% – are satisfied that he supported Russia.
Greater than a 3rd (36.4%) of Ukrainians consider that after the election of a brand new pope, the Vatican's place on Ukraine will stay unchanged. Virtually the identical variety of residents consider that Leo XIV will enhance the place, whereas 3.6% of respondents anticipate it to worsen.
A complete of 78.6% of respondents have a constructive perspective to Pope Leo XIV's doable go to to Ukraine, 7.2% are adverse, and 14.2% couldn't reply this query.
The survey was performed utilizing face-to-face interviews from 6 to 11 June 2025. It concerned 2,000 respondents aged 18 and older residing on territory managed by the Ukrainian authorities. The pattern didn’t embrace residents of territories quickly not managed by the Ukrainian authorities.
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