COVID disrupts health services in over 90 per cent of countries – WHO
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters Disruptions in basic health services such as vaccination programs and treatment of diseases like AIDS were reported in 92 per cent of 129 countries, a World Health Organization survey on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic showed on Monday. The survey, conducted in November-December, 2021, showed services were “severely impacted” with “little or […]
Survey in Britain finds lack of awareness about Holocaust
Jerusalem, IsraelAP A survey released Wednesday found what organisers say is a lack of awareness in Britain about the Holocaust and a major episode in the country’s rescue of Jews ahead of World War II. The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, a New York-based group that negotiates restitution for Holocaust victims, said that […]
Attendance hemorrhaging at small and midsize US congregations – study
RNS A new survey of 15,278 religious congregations across the United States confirms trends sociologists have documented for several decades: Congregational life across the country is shrinking. The most recent round of the Faith Communities Today survey, or FACT, found a median decline in attendance of seven per cent between 2015 and 2020. PICTURE: Gabriella […]
Support for new Japan PM’s government less than 50 per cent – survey
Tokyo, JapanReuters Support for the government of Japan’s new Prime Minister is less than 50 per cent, much lower than that of the previous government when it took power, a survey showed on Tuesday, a day after he took office and surprised many by calling an election on 31st October. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, a […]
Study: Religion soothed US evangelicals at start of COVID. Politics put them at risk.
RNS Religion provided great comfort to evangelical Christians in the US in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. But according to a study in the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, their politics made them less likely to see the virus as a threat. Researchers Landon Schnabel of Cornell University and Scott Schieman of […]
Essay: New survey shows most Catholics have no idea who Cardinal McCarrick is. That’s a problem.
KERRY WEBER, an executive editor at US Catholic publication ‘America’, writes about why the fact most US Catholics don’t know who former cardinal Theodore McCarrick is a problem…
Twitter hears from record respondents over world leader rules
Reuters Twitter Inc has received a record number of responses to a survey on how it should handle world leaders on its site, a spokeswoman said on Tuesday, an issue in the spotlight ahead of the possible return of former US President Donald Trump to Facebook. Twitter, which permanently banned Trump after the 6th January […]
Concern over rich-poor divide seen on the increase during pandemic
New York City, USThomson Reuters Foundation People have become more concerned about the gap between rich and poor during the coronavirus pandemic, especially the young, the authors of a new global study said on Tuesday, urging governments to take steps to redress the balance. More than 8,700 people in 24 nations were surveyed at the […]
More than a quarter of US white evangelicals believe core QAnon conspiracy theory – survey
RNS A new survey reports more than a quarter of white evangelical Protestants in the US believe a QAnon conspiracy theory that purports former President Donald Trump is secretly battling a cabal of paedophile Democrats, and roughly half express support for the debunked claim that antifa was responsible for the recent insurrection at the US […]
Struck by Amazon fires, Brazilians say they want greater environmental protection
Sao Paulo, BrazilThomson Reuters Foundation More than three-quarters of Brazilians think Amazon rainforest fires have hurt the country’s image – and that environmental protection should become a priority for the country, even at an economic cost, a new survey has found. The study on climate change views, organised by Brazil’s Institute of Technology and Society and the […]