John L. Allen Jr. is the editor of the Catholic-news website Crux and the author of “The Global War on Christians.” “It is shocking that people who gathered to celebrate Easter together were ...

Note (June 2025): Religious composition estimates in this report are based on 2010 baseline numbers that have since been updated. Please refer to our 2025 report “How the Global Religious Landscape ...

The vast majority of Americans were raised in a religion. Fully 86% say that as children, they identified with Protestantism, Catholicism, Judaism, Islam or another religion. Just 13% of U.S. adults ...

Facebook and Twitter draw scrutiny over blocked content that curbs free speech and calls for government regulation over the platforms. The Senate Commerce Committee held a hearing Oct. 28 to discuss ...