The advocacy group Open Doors said in its report that worldwide Christian persecution was at an "all-time high." ...

While experts dispute the root causes of violence against believers, Nigeria recorded the overwhelming majority of Christians ...

Parishioners attend Mass at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church in the Queens borough of New York on Sunday, May 8, 2022. (Credit: Brittainy Newman/AP.) Listen NEW YORK – A new study has found that in ...

About 4.1 billion people, half of the global population, suffer some degree of religious persecution in 24 countries, ...

The United States’ founders set out to create a country where citizens would be free to practice whatever religion they chose. Does all that freedom fuel religious switching? Yes, but not as much as ...

Religious freedom might seem like a given right in many parts of the world. Yet for millions of people, the decision to change faith remains one of the most dangerous choices they could make. The ...

Spiritual and religious practices vary around the world. Some activities, such as prayer, are widespread across many societies. Other practices, such as fasting and lighting incense or candles, are ...

(RNS) — The survey marks the first time Pew Research Center asked people outside the United States and Asian countries about practices related to Buddhism, Asian folk religions and New Age ...

(RNS) — A new Pew Research Center study measuring the evolution of the global religious population shows Muslims are the fastest-growing faith group, followed by the religiously unaffiliated. Though ...

A recent Pew Research Center survey shows that about seven-in-ten Americans identify with a religion. Seven-in-ten Americans also believe in an afterlife. And about half of Americans say that parts of ...

Editor’s note: Jim Bayne’s column will return next week. The first decade of the 21st century has been devastating for religious liberty in much of the world. The statistics are numbing. According to ...

The United States has experienced one of the largest declines in religiosity globally over the past decade, new research shows. There has been a 17-percent drop in in the number of U.S. adults who say ...