Ahead of Pope Francis’s address to a joint session of Congress on Thursday, congressional Republicans and presidential candidates are attempting to stake out positions and differentiate between the pope’s roles as a religious and political figure. But findings from a survey of American Catholics by Hart Research Associates and Echelon Insights for the Shriver Report Snapshot: “Insight Into the Conscience of the Complex Catholic” suggests they would be better served by following the pope’s example and calling for greater acceptance and tolerance than trying to separate what they like about the pope from positions with which they differ.