Faith Wed, 22 Jan 2025 21:34:35 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Pew: Only 1 in 3 Catholic parents say it's 'very important' children share parents' religious beliefs /home/international/item/35270-pew-only-1-in-3-catholic-parents-say-it-s-very-important-children-share-parents-religious-beliefs /home/international/item/35270-pew-only-1-in-3-catholic-parents-say-it-s-very-important-children-share-parents-religious-beliefs

Catholic experts are expressing concern after a recent Pew Research Center survey found that only 35% of U.S. Catholic parents say that it is extremely or very important to them that their children grow up to hold similar religious beliefs.

]]> International Fri, 17 Feb 2023 09:08:42 -0500 Pew survey shows majority of Catholics don't believe in 'Real Presence' /faith/item/30038-pew-survey-shows-majority-of-catholics-don-t-believe-in-real-presence /faith/item/30038-pew-survey-shows-majority-of-catholics-don-t-believe-in-real-presence

WASHINGTON -- A new study about the level of Catholic belief in the real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist showed that a majority of Catholics do not believe that the bread and wine used at Mass become the body and blood of Christ.

]]> Faith Thu, 08 Aug 2019 15:37:37 -0400 Pope's favourability numbers down, and worse for handling of abuse, Pew Research polls show /home/international/item/28127-pope-s-favourability-numbers-down-and-worse-for-handling-of-abuse-pew-research-polls-show /home/international/item/28127-pope-s-favourability-numbers-down-and-worse-for-handling-of-abuse-pew-research-polls-show WASHINGTON – With Pope Francis midway into the sixth year of his pontificate, the percentage of U.S. Catholics who view him favourably, while still strong, is noticeably down.
]]> cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) International Wed, 03 Oct 2018 08:37:13 -0400 CanadaöÏÓãÊÓƵapp Christians lag behind on education levels /item/24017-canada-s-christians-lag-behind-on-education-levels /item/24017-canada-s-christians-lag-behind-on-education-levels

CanadaöÏÓãÊÓƵapp Christian population is less educated than Canadian Jews, Muslims, Hindus and even those who have no religious affiliation.

]]> mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Features Sun, 08 Jan 2017 19:00:00 -0500 Poll: Pope Francis nearly as popular as St. John Paul II among U.S. Catholics /home/international/item/19826-poll-pope-francis-nearly-as-popular-as-st-john-paul-ii-among-u-s-catholics /home/international/item/19826-poll-pope-francis-nearly-as-popular-as-st-john-paul-ii-among-u-s-catholics

WASHINGTON - Everyone has a high opinion of Pope Francis. Well, almost everyone.

]]> International Thu, 05 Mar 2015 15:30:00 -0500 New Pew study estimates global Christian population at 2.18 billion /item/13579-new-pew-study-estimates-global-christian-population-at-218-billion /item/13579-new-pew-study-estimates-global-christian-population-at-218-billion

WASHINGTON - According to a new study, there are currently 2.18 billion Christians in more than 200 countries around the world, representing nearly a third of the estimated 6.9 billion 2010 global population.

The study, conducted by the Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion & Public Life, found Christians to be so geographically widespread that no single continent or region can indisputably claim to be the center of global Christianity.

The Pew study, "Global Christianity: A Report on the Size and Distribution of the World's Christian Population," cites that 100 years ago, two-thirds of the world's Christians lived in Europe but today only about a quarter of all Christians live there. More than one-third of Christians reside in the Americas; about a quarter live in sub-Saharan Africa and 13 percent live in Asia and the Pacific.

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