by Zach Dawes Jr | Dec 30, 2021 | News
Pope Francis was the sole religious leader on YouGov’s “Most Admired” lists for 2021. He was the 16th most admired man this year – up three spots from his 2020 ranking in which he was also the only religious leader. Surveying over 42,000 people in 38 nations,...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Dec 29, 2021 | News
There were 1,215,821 people in U.S. state and federal prisons at the end of 2020 and 549,100 in U.S. jails at mid-year 2020, according to two Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) reports published in early December. This is a 15% (214,400-person) and a 25%...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Dec 28, 2021 | News
Less than half of U.S. adults say that religion is very important to them, according to an AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research report published Dec. 14. Among all respondents, 26% said religion is extremely important in their lives, 19% said very important and...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Dec 27, 2021 | News
Religious life in the U.S. is “showing signs of slowly returning to normal,” according to an AP-NORC report published Dec. 19 and based on a survey conducted in October. Nearly one quarter (21%) of all U.S. adults are currently attending in-person religious services...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Dec 22, 2021 | News
Less than a quarter of all U.S. adults say they could tell the biblical Christmas story accurately, according to a LifeWay Research report published in early December. Just over 1,000 adults were asked to respond to the question, “How much of the Christmas story found...
