Tag: Pew Research Center

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis' trip to Asia and Oceania in September will be a trip of religious, economic and social contrasts. Visiting four nations...

A new study of U.S. Catholics suggests that Mass attendance and political affiliation are associated with their views of Pope Francis and Catholic teaching...

WASHINGTON -- The church has a crucial role in combating the rise of polarization, panelists said at a March 20 webinar organized by the...

A new study offers a more nuanced take on the nation's religiously unaffiliated, and the findings show that Catholic parishes need to become more...

BOGOTÁ, Colombia -- The Catholic Church cannot measure people's engagement with religion only by looking at church attendance, but also must observe how they...

"Uh, we had something happen," Father Joseph Crowley told the congregation March 5 near the end of Mass at St. Thomas Church in Thomaston,...

For the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, offering well-intentioned "thoughts and prayers" to grieving families after every mass shooting is sometimes...

WASHINGTON-- Parents in the U.S. are more likely to prioritize passing on their religious views to their children rather than their political views, according...

WASHINGTON — The percentage of Catholic Americans who viewed Pope Francis favorably in September differs little, if at all, from the results of a...

The famous Catholic writer Flannery O'Connor recounted in a letter the time she got in an argument with another famous writer, Mary McCarthy, over...