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.
71% of Hispanic Catholics see climate change as an extremely or very serious problem, compared with 49% of White, non-Hispanic Catholics.
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.
75% of Black Americans say that opposing racism is essential to their faith or sense of morality, a view that extends across faith traditions.
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.
While Biden’s rating is still low among White Christians, positive ratings also fell among Black Protestants and the religiously unaffiliated.
Immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa tend to be more religious than U.S.-born Black adults or immigrants from the Caribbean.
Among White Americans, worship service attendance remains highly correlated with presidential vote choice.
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