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Ahead of Pope Francis’s upcoming visit to the United States, Wednesday’s NBC Today touted a new Pew Research Center poll finding that a minority of Catholics do not believe abortion to be a sin. Fill-in co-host Willie Geist used the Pope adjusting the process of forgiving abortion as a segue: “...the Vatican announced priests may now forgive women who’ve had abortions....The Pope isn't alone when it comes to a bit of a change of heart.”
Geist proclaimed: “Take a look at this new and unprecedented poll of Catholics released just overnight....a third of Catholics say terminating a pregnancy is not a sin. And among Church-going Catholics, nearly a fourth don't even see abortion as sinful.” The headline on screen declared: “Catholicism in America; New Poll Shows Major Changes Ahead of Pope’s Visit.”