Large Majorities of Catholics Satisfied with Pope, Church Leaders
About three-quarters of U.S. Catholics say they are satisfied with the leadership of the Pope.
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About three-quarters of U.S. Catholics say they are satisfied with the leadership of the Pope.
Christianity is the dominant religion in the Americas, with 86% of the population, or 804,070,000 people identified as Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox or some other Christian religious faith.
A plurality of Asian Americans say they are Christians, though Asian Americans are more religiously diverse than the U.S. population as a whole
Few U.S. Catholics regard the use of contraceptives as morally wrong, even though the use of contraception is forbidden by church doctrine.
Pope Benedict XVI arrives in Mexico today for his first visit to a Spanish-speaking country in Latin America. Approximately 8.8% of the world’s Catholics live in Mexico, the second largest Catholic population in the world.
The religious traditions with the largest number of advocacy groups in Washington, D.C. are Catholicism (19% of all groups) and evangelical Protestantism (18% of all groups).
The percentage of Jewish voters who identify with the Republican Party has increased by 9 points since 2008.
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee spent $87,899,089 on advocacy in 2008 — significantly more than any of the other 212 religion-related organizations who have partaken in advocacy efforts in the nation’s capitol.
Evangelical leaders around the world view secularism as the biggest threat to evangelical Christianity.
A substantial majority of Americans (68%) say it would not matter to them if a presidential candidate is Mormon.
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