The pope is concerned about climate change. How do U.S. Catholics feel about it?
71% of Hispanic Catholics see climate change as an extremely or very serious problem, compared with 49% of White, non-Hispanic Catholics.
Here are some recent survey findings about Joe Biden, the pope, the debate over whether the president should receive Communion, and more.
Since the 1990s, large numbers of Americans have left Christianity to join the growing ranks of U.S. adults who describe their religious identity as atheist, agnostic or “nothing in particular.” If recent trends in religious switching continue, Christians could make up less than half of the U.S. population within a few decades.
A large majority of Americans feel that religion is losing influence in public life, according to a 2019 Pew Research Center survey.
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