In some ways, Black Catholics have different experiences in religious life than Black Protestants as well as White and Hispanic Catholics – including the fact that most Black Catholic churchgoers are racial minorities in their congregations.
In some ways, Black Catholics have different experiences in religious life than Black Protestants as well as White and Hispanic Catholics – including the fact that most Black Catholic churchgoers are racial minorities in their congregations.
Most U.S. adults do not believe that requests for religious exemptions from the COVID-19 vaccine are sincere.
Churches and other houses of worship increasingly are holding services the way they did before the COVID-19 outbreak began.
Most Indians support gender equality, but a new survey finds that traditional gender norms still hold sway for many people in the country.
Most Black Catholic churchgoers are racial minorities in their congregations, unlike White and Hispanic Catholics – and Black Protestants
Indians nearly universally say it is important for women to have the same rights as men, including eight-in-ten who say this is very important.
Indians accept women as political leaders, but many favor traditional gender roles in family life.
In recent weeks, protests in India over Muslim headscarves in schools have gained international attention.
Trust in scientists and medical scientists has fallen below pre-pandemic levels, with 29% of U.S. adults saying they have a great deal of confidence in medical scientists to act in the best interests of the public. This is down from 40% in November 2020 and 35% in January 2019, before COVID-19 emerged. Other prominent groups – including the military, police officers and public school principals – have also seen their ratings decline.
While Biden’s rating is still low among White Christians, positive ratings also fell among Black Protestants and the religiously unaffiliated.
66% of women say that in the past year, they have personally thought at least some about big questions; 55% of men report the same.
Indians see religious tolerance as a central part of who they are as a nation. Across the major religious groups, most people say it is very important to respect all religions to be “truly Indian.”
Today, most Black adults say they rely on prayer to help make major decisions, and view opposing racism as essential to their religious faith.
The Christian share of the U.S. population is declining, while the share of Americans who do not identify with any organized religion is growing. These changes affect all regions in the country and many demographic groups.
Social hostilities involving religion, including violence and harassment against religious groups by private individuals and groups, declined in 2019, according to Pew Research Center’s 12th annual study of global restrictions on religion, which examines 198 countries and territories.