Like Americans overall, Catholics vary in their abortion views, with regular Mass attenders most opposed
About three-quarters of U.S. Catholics (76%) say abortion should be illegal in some cases but legal in others.
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About three-quarters of U.S. Catholics (76%) say abortion should be illegal in some cases but legal in others.
White evangelical Protestants are slightly less positive about the president’s response to the coronavirus pandemic now than in March.
77% of white evangelicals say they are at least somewhat confident that the president is doing a good job responding to the outbreak.
Few United States adults – just 5% – say God chose Donald Trump to be president because God approves of his policies.
While U.S. Jews have a strong attachment to Israel, they are divided in their assessment of Trump’s handling of the Israeli-Palestinian issue.
There has long been a consensus that churches should not endorse specific candidates for public office, and a current law known as the Johnson Amendment prohibits them from involvement in political campaigns.
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