Catholics remain the largest religious group in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru, while second-largest ...

Americans have been turning away from organized religion for decades — but recent research suggests that trend might be stalling out. And studies do show that people affiliated with a religion tend to ...

There are more “nothing in particulars” [in the U.S.] than there are Protestants or Catholics. If you can convince people to care, now you’ve got something. That’s the main challenge of religion going ...

Religious faith is often associated with happiness, peace of mind, and a sense of purpose. A new series of scientific analyses reveals that highly religious people also frequently experience a blend ...

Between 2010 and 2020, atheists represented the fastest-growing population group on the continent, according to new data.

(RNS) — Americans who had a positive religious experience as kids are most likely to keep the same faith as adults. Those who had negative experiences are most likely to change faiths or give up on ...

Religion seems to be a complicated and many-sided issue. On one hand, religion reportedly motivates charity, compassion, ethics, goodwill, kindness, morality, righteousness, selflessness, unity, etc.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We asked members of the BuzzFeed Community who had a religious upbringing and later distanced themselves from faith to tell us ...

New numbers released by the Pew Research Center show that LGBTQ+ people are a lot less likely to be religious than their non-LGBTQ+ counterparts. While this statement is unlikely to shock many readers ...

This essay is adapted from a chapter in the edited volume Mind the Children: How to Think About the Youth Mental Health Collapse. Thousands of studies have shown that religious people are happier, ...

Newsweek has created maps showing the most and least religious states, amid nationwide religious decline, with Mississippi the most and Vermont the least. The maps are based on the Pew Research Center ...

Mr. Burge is a professor of practice at the Danforth Center on Religion and Politics at Washington University. Mr. Guida is an editor for Times Opinion. The memorial service for Charlie Kirk focused ...