Imagine living in a place where simply changing what you believe could cost you everything. Your freedom, your family, maybe even your life. For many people around the globe, this isn't some dystopian ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Luisa Arguello, second from right, and other parishioners pray in the perpetual adoration chapel at St. Benedict Catholic Church ...

There are many religious groups around the world that are not presented separately in this report due to their relatively small size and the limitations of national censuses and other data sources.

(RNS) — A report by Pew Research Center on international religious freedom named Egypt, Syria, Pakistan and Iraq as the countries where both government restrictions and social hostility most limit the ...

The Pew report reveals how religious disaffiliation and population growth have influenced the global religious landscape. Muslims are the fastest-growing faith group, followed by the religiously ...

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 ...

(RNS) — When it comes to going to church, a generational pattern is playing out in many households around the world: Grandparents never miss Sunday service; parents attend only on holidays; children, ...

In many countries, it’s common to see former church buildings turned into apartments, offices, or bars. This trend points to a broad global decline in religious affiliation and identity. The United ...