For this report, we gathered data on existing “stocks” of international migrants – all adults and children who now live outside their birth country, no matter when they left. (This report does not ...
WASHINGTON (RNS) — A broad array of religious and political leaders across the country issued outpourings of support for former President Jimmy Carter following news of his death, heaping praise on ...
In recent years, the percentage of U.S. adults who say they regularly attend religious services has been declining, while the share of Americans who attend only a few times a year, seldom or never has ...
Editor’s Note: Ian Johnson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent based in Beijing. His new book, “The Souls of China: The Return of Religion After Mao,” will be published in April. The views ...
Elijah Cummings, the stalwart U.S. representative who died Oct. 17, had a prophetic luminescence about him. He could sit calmly in Congressional chaos, offering wisdom from beyond the fray. To ...
As one who writes and teaches a lot about secularism and humanism, lectures a lot about atheism and agnosticism, and directs a secular studies program, there are a few common questions/comments that ...
When I read the news that Pope Francis would be allowing Catholic priests to bless couples in same-sex unions (though not perform same-sex weddings), it hit close to home. As a Modern Orthodox rabbi ...
In the 2023 song “God must hate me,” Catie Turner writes: “Do you ever see someone and think ‘Wow, God must hate me’ ‘Cause He spent so much time on them and for me, He got lazy Got ample mental ...
It was “the most significant event in ecclesiastical history since the Reformation.” So said Presbyterian Patriarch Dr. Henry Sloane Coffin. At 8 o’clock on a steaming hot morning in Madras, India, ...