The biggest phenomenon affecting Hispanics in America is this: they are religiously disaffiliating, which has become a de facto highway into secularization.
When most Hispanics were Catholic…
Pew: Only 1 in 3 Catholic parents say it’s ‘very important’ children share parents’ religious beliefs
“Parents want their children to be ‘good people,’ which is inclusive of many elements of a Catholic worldview, but what parents seem to struggle doing is sharing a conviction about the importance of practicing the (Catholic) faith and speaking to a personal relationship with God,” said Susan M. Timoney, associate professor of practice, pastoral studies area, and associate dean for undergraduate studies at The Catholic University of America’s School of Theology and Religious Studies.
Study: Christianity may lose majority, plurality status in U.S. by 2070
If trends first identified in 1990 accelerate over the next half-century, Christianity will have fewer adherents than Americans who are not affiliated with any church, according to the study, “Modeling the Future of Religion in America,” released Sept. 13.
Do findings of two new polls show the path where America is headed?
With the issuance of two recent Gallup polls on Americans’ belief in God and their views on morality, one could come to the conclusion that the United States could be in a heap of trouble.
Pope’s popularity among Catholics virtually unchanged from early 2021
The Pew Research Center reported Oct. 7 that 83% of U.S. Catholics view the pope favorably, up one percentage point from a Pew poll taken in March.
Pew: Catholic homilies mention election, racism less than Protestant ones
As news events made headlines across the United States for months last year — particularly the 2020 election, the coronavirus pandemic and racism in America — priests’ homilies did not mention these events nearly as much as did sermons by Protestant preachers.
Poll: Most Americans know Biden’s religion, but some question his faith
That President Joe Biden is the second Catholic U.S. president is less in dispute among Americans than the practice of his faith, according to a poll released March 30 by the Pew Research Center.
Poll: Trump lead wanes with white Catholics; Biden has wide edge with Latinos
New Pew Research poll shows Catholic former Vice President Joe Biden, the Democratic nominee, ahead by 10 percentage points.