The U.S. Congress, which convened Friday, Jan. 3, for its 119th session, had marginally fewer Christians than it did in the previous session (2023-25), continuing a gradual, 10-year decline. Christians make up 87 percent of voting members in the Senate and House of Representatives, combined, in the 2025-27 congressional session. That’s down from 88 percent in the last session and 92
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Christians made up an estimated 47 percent of all people living outside their country of birth as of 2020, the latest year for which global figures are available, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of United Nations data and 270 censuses and surveys. Muslims accounted for 29 percent of all living migrants, followed by Hindus (5 percent), Buddhists
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Over the last decade and a half, Pew Research Center has conducted religion-focused surveys all around the world. One question we have asked in each of these surveys is “How important is religion in your life?” Another one we’ve asked repeatedly is “How often do you pray?” The places that are most religious by these two measures tend to be
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Republican vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance is doubling down on comments he made in 2021 about “childless cat ladies” running the nation who “want to make the rest of the country miserable too.” Vance made the remarks on Tucker Carlson’s Fox News show, referring to Vice President Kamala Harris, who now is the front runner for the Democratic presidential nomination.
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A new Pew Research Center survey finds that 39% of Israelis say Israel’s military response against Hamas in Gaza has been about right, while 34% say it has not gone far enough and 19% think it has gone too far. Click here to read article
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The U.S. electorate continues to be sharply divided along religious lines. The latest Pew Research Center survey finds that most registered voters who are White Christians would vote for Republican Donald Trump over Democrat Joe Biden if the 2024 presidential election were held today. More than half of White Christians think Trump was a “great” or “good” president and don’t think he broke the
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A new survey by the Pew Research Center takes a look at who the “nones” and what they believe. The survey delves into how atheists, agnostics and those who describe their religion as “nothing in particular” see God, religion, morality, science and more. Are they opposed to religion? What are their views about science? Is their growth good or bad
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Most Americans are spiritual or religious in some way and many also say their spirituality and level of religiosity have changed over time. But Americans are far more likely to say they have become more spiritual than to say they have become more religious, according to a new analysis of a 2023 Pew Research Center survey. Click here to read article.
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Monday, Jan. 15, is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, honoring the Baptist minister and influential leader of the American civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s. Most U.S. adults (81%) say King has had a positive impact on the country, including 47% who say he has had a very positive impact, according to a Pew Research Center survey last year. In addition, 38%
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