As a boy, I once told my mother that I wanted to grow up to be either the pope or a mud wrestler. She replied dryly that ...

Whether mainline Protestant warmth toward the new pope is a result of convergence on social justice issues or pride in the ...

That includes an 8-point drop in the number of evangelical white Protestants, an important political group. Reflecting the change among Protestants, the share of Christians overall has declined ...

The drop has long been anticipated and comes at a time when no Protestants are on the U.S. Supreme Court and the Republicans have their first presidential ticket with no Protestant nominees.

Once viewed as peripheral players, Protestant churches have risen over the past two decades to become influential actors in ...

2 But there would be substantial redistribution among Christian groups, with evangelical Protestants gaining (26 percent at present to 32 percent) and Catholics losing more than half their current ...

The importance of religion in the lives of Americans is on the decline. However, for people who do still attend religious services, they say they're optimistic about the future of their house of ...

The Black church in America is an entirely different culture than the average White evangelical or mainline tradition. Anyone who has attended a worship service in a Black church tradition knows that ...

As more Americans move away from religion, the U.S. Religion Census finds evangelicals made gains here while Catholics and others declined.

By Megan Specia and Ed O’Loughlin LONDON — For the first time, Catholics outnumber Protestants in Northern Ireland, census figures released on Thursday show — confirmation of a long ...

Harris, whose faith background includes worshiping at historically Black Baptist congregation, sees increase in support from Black Protestants and Hispanic Catholics compared to Biden. The new ...

According to Fowid, Protestants had seen steeper membership declines in the years leading up to 2020. However, in 2021, 2022, and 2023, the Roman Catholic Church experienced the greater losses, a ...