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reportOct 22, 2015

Perception of Conflict Between Science and Religion

How much do people’s religious beliefs influence their views about science topics? There was debate for centuries about the origins of the universe and how to explain stellar and planetary activities in the heavens. In more recent decades, there has been debate among religious leaders over the theory of evolution through natural selection since the […]
reportOct 22, 2015

Strong Role of Religion in Views About Evolution and Perceptions of Scientific Consensus

There have long been religious divides over the theory of evolution through natural selection.[3. numoffset=”3″ See Pew Research Center’s 2009 report, “Darwin and His Theory of Evolution.”] The Pew Research Center survey shows wide differences among religious groups when it comes to beliefs about evolution, consistent with past surveys on this topic. Overall, 65% of U.S. […]
reportOct 22, 2015

Religion and Science

A majority of the public says science and religion often conflict, but people’s sense that they do seems to have less to do with their own religious beliefs than their perception of others’ beliefs.
reportOct 22, 2015

Religion and Science

A majority of the public says science and religion often conflict, but people’s sense that they do seems to have less to do with their own religious beliefs than their perception of others’ beliefs.
short readsOct 22, 2015

5 facts about the interplay between religion and science

Religion and science have often been seen as being in conflict. But are religious faith and the scientific enterprise really at odds with each other?
short readsOct 5, 2015

California legalizes assisted suicide amid growing support for such laws

Two-thirds of Americans say doctors should be allowed by law to assist patients who are terminally ill and living in severe pain to commit suicide.
reportJun 16, 2015

Catholics Divided Over Global Warming

A solid majority of U.S. Catholics believe that Earth is warming. But climate change is a highly politicized issue that sharply divides American Catholics, like the U.S. public as a whole, mainly along political party lines.
short readsJun 17, 2015

U.S. Catholics less positive toward pope on environment, sex abuse scandal than other issues

55% of Catholics rated Francis positively on addressing sex abuse, and 53% gave him high marks on environmental issues. But these were two out of nine areas in which Francis drew the least positive ratings.
short readsJun 9, 2015

A look at popes and their encyclicals

Popes have written encyclicals on an array of topics, ranging from the nature of work to the virginity of Jesus’ mother, Mary.
short readsSep 24, 2015

How the U.S. compares with other countries taking in refugees

Although Europe is struggling to manage the hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing conflicts in the Middle East, Africa and elsewhere, the countries facing the biggest refugee impacts are the ones closest to the fighting.

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Search results for: “Catholic”

Perception of Conflict Between Science and Religion

Strong Role of Religion in Views About Evolution and Perceptions of Scientific Consensus

Religion and Science

Religion and Science

5 facts about the interplay between religion and science

California legalizes assisted suicide amid growing support for such laws

Catholics Divided Over Global Warming

U.S. Catholics less positive toward pope on environment, sex abuse scandal than other issues

A look at popes and their encyclicals

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