Americans, including Catholics, continue to have favorable views of Pope Francis
63% of U.S adults have a “very” or “mostly” favorable opinion of Pope Francis, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted in March.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Religion
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Denominational switching among U.S. Jews: Reform Judaism has gained, Conservative Judaism has lost
The American Jewish population, like other religious groups, is in flux. Still, 88% of U.S. adults who were raised Jewish are still Jewish.
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Americans lost more years of life to COVID-19 in 2020 than to all accidents combined in a typical year
In 2020 alone, the coronavirus was responsible for about 380,000 deaths and roughly 5.5 million years of lost life in the United States.
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Unlike other U.S. religious groups, most atheists and agnostics oppose the death penalty
Roughly two-thirds of atheists (65%) and six-in-ten agnostics (57%) either “strongly” or “somewhat” oppose the death penalty.
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How younger U.S. Jews are similar to – and different from – older U.S. Jews
Jews ages 18 to 29 are just as likely as those 65 and older to say they attend religious services at least monthly (22% each).
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Religious Americans are less likely to endorse legal marijuana for recreational use
U.S. adults who are affiliated with a religion are less likely than religiously unaffiliated adults to support broadly legal marijuana.
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U.S. Jews have widely differing views on Israel
Jewish Americans – much like the U.S. public overall – hold widely differing views on Israel and its political leadership.
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Jews in U.S. are far less religious than Christians and Americans overall, at least by traditional measures
Based on certain traditional measures of religious observance, U.S. Jews are far less religious than U.S. Christians and Americans overall.
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Jewish Americans in 2020: Answers to frequently asked questions
Here are answers to some frequently asked questions about Pew Research Center’s report “Jewish Americans in 2020”
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10 key findings about Jewish Americans
A new Pew Research Center report takes a closer look at Jewish Americans. Here are 10 of our key findings.
