Majority of U.S. Catholics Express Favorable View of Pope Francis
Most say Francis represents change in the church. And many say the church should allow priests to marry and let Catholics use birth control.
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Most say Francis represents change in the church. And many say the church should allow priests to marry and let Catholics use birth control.
Majorities of White Christian groups say the large number of migrants seeking to enter at the border with Mexico is a “crisis” for the United States.
Most parents pass along religious and political affiliations, and they do so at similarly high rates, according to a new analysis of several surveys.
While there has been a decades-long decline in the Christian share of U.S. adults, 88% of the voting members in the new 118th Congress identify as Christian. That is only a few points lower than their share in the late 1970s.
Most registered voters who are White Christians would vote for Republican Donald Trump over Democrat Joe Biden if the 2024 presidential election were held today.
About three-quarters of U.S. Catholics (76%) say abortion should be illegal in some cases but legal in others.
Among religious groups, White evangelical Protestants continue to have the most positive opinion of Trump.
There has been a jump in the share of U.S. adults who see the Supreme Court as “friendly” toward religion.
While Biden’s rating is still low among White Christians, positive ratings also fell among Black Protestants and the religiously unaffiliated.
But they hold differing opinions about what that phrase means, and two-thirds of U.S. adults say churches should keep out of politics.
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