Joshua Alvarado Archives

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reportApr 13, 2023

Among U.S. Latinos, Catholicism Continues to Decline but Is Still the Largest Faith

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.
reportMar 15, 2022

Black Catholics in America

Most Black Catholic churchgoers are racial minorities in their congregations, unlike White and Hispanic Catholics – and Black Protestants
short readsJan 28, 2022

In U.S., women more likely than men to report feeling empathy for those suffering

66% of women say that in the past year, they have personally thought at least some about big questions; 55% of men report the same.
featureNov 19, 2021

In their own words, how Americans explain why bad things happen

Why is there so much suffering and evil in the world? This question can be particularly confounding for those who believe in a good and all-powerful God, as is often described in the Abrahamic religious traditions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. For centuries, philosophers and theologians have grappled with this “problem of evil.”
short readsJul 28, 2021

Religious Americans less likely to believe intelligent life exists on other planets

In the U.S., highly religious adults are much more skeptical about the possibility of extraterrestrial life than those who are less religious.