Poll: What do Americans know about the Holocaust? Some, not much
RNS A new poll suggests Americans know about the Holocaust, the genocidal campaign against European Jews, but they’re fuzzy on the details. Most Americans (69 per cent) know the Holocaust took place roughly between 1930 and 1950. And they know the Nazis created ghettos where Jews were forced to live (63 per cent). But knowledge […]
A quarter of religiously affiliated US teens pray regularly before eating lunch at school – survey
A quarter of US teenagers who identify with a religion and attend public school say they pray regularly before eating lunch at school, according to the results of a Pew Research Center survey. But the survey of 1,811 US adolescents aged 13 to 17 found that the figure rose to 39 per cent among evangelical […]
BELIEF: MOST AMERICANS BELIEVE, BUT NOT ALWAYS IN THE GOD OF THE BIBLE
YONAT SHIMRON, of Religion News Service, reports on a new survey into the belief of Americans…
Survey: Pope Francis is still popular in US, but warm feelings waning among conservatives
RNS Five years after Pope Francis ascended to the papacy, a new survey of US Catholics reports that most still harbor warm feelings toward the pontiff — but his popularity is waning among political conservatives. According to a new study from the Pew Research Center, the first Latin American pope retains a soaring 84 per […]
Americans see more jingle, less Jesus in Christmas celebrations
RNS If there ever was a “war on Christmas” in America, Santa may have won. Nine in 10 US adults celebrate the holiday, according to the Pew Research Center. However, that celebration is shifting in a secular direction. And a growing number of Christians discount key elements of the Biblical Nativity story. Just three years […]
Preaching key reason in decision of where to worship for US adults, survey finds
The quality of preaching, a sense of feeling welcomed by leaders and the style of services are what American adults look for most when seeking a new place of worship, according to a new survey. The Pew Research Center study found that 83 per cent of US adults said the quality of sermons played an […]