Papacy buffeted by changes in modern world
97 days ago
The pontiff leads about 1.1 billion parishioners worldwide, comprising around one-half of the globe's Christian population, according to a 2011 study by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life.
As pope resigns, Africa hopes for rise of its own
98 days ago
Some 176 million people in Africa are Catholic - roughly a third of all Christians across the continent - according to a December 2011 study by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life.
A softer message: Evangelicals are changing the way they preach about homosexuality
108 days ago
Another recent poll by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life found that nearly 20 percent of adult Americans describe themselves as unaffiliated with any specific religion and the problem for...
Religion comes to Davos forum
115 days ago
An analysis of more than 2,000 polls, census and other data by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life found that 84 percent of the world's 6.9 billion people identified with a religion as of 2010.
Religious tensions play out in inaugural
121 days ago
For the first time in its history, the United States does not have a Protestant majority, according to a study released a few months ago by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life.
Hindus now have a fellow believer in Congress
128 days ago
According to an analysis issued last month from the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, there are about 1 billion Hindus in the world.
Traditions in Chad harm, kill underfed children
149 days ago
More than half of Chad's people still use traditional healers, according to a survey by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life in 2010, whose remedies can be effective for some ailments.