9 facts about U.S. Catholics
Catholics are one of the largest religious groups in the United States, outnumbering any single Protestant denomination.
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Catholics are one of the largest religious groups in the United States, outnumbering any single Protestant denomination.
In the United States, 21% of adults overall say they fast for certain periods during holy times.
Most Americans are spiritual or religious in some way and many also say their spirituality and level of religiosity have changed over time.
71% of Hispanic Catholics see climate change as an extremely or very serious problem, compared with 49% of White, non-Hispanic Catholics.
Evangelical Protestant adults under 40 are more likely than older evangelicals to say climate change is an extremely or very serious problem.
58% of U.S. adults say they do not believe “we are living in the end times” – the destruction of the world as we know it.
Religious pluralism has long been a core value in India. A new report shows that India’s religious composition has been fairly stable since 1951.
Disagreements among Americans across the religious spectrum extend to personal issues, such as life priorities and gender roles in the family.
Most say Francis represents change in the church. And many say the church should allow priests to marry and let Catholics use birth control.
Catholics remain the largest religious group among Latinos in the United States, even as their share among Latino adults has steadily declined over the past decade. The share of Latinos who are religiously unaffiliated is now on par with U.S. adults overall.
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