by Zach Dawes Jr | Jan 6, 2021 | News
Christians continue to hold the vast majority of seats in the U.S. Congress, according to a report published Jan. 4 by Pew Research Center. In the 117th Congress, which began on Jan. 3, 2021, 88.1% of Congress (468 members) affiliate with a Christian faith tradition....
by Zach Dawes Jr | Dec 31, 2020 | News
A “culture of care” must be adopted in order to create a pathway to peace, Pope Francis emphasized in his message for the 2021 World Day of Peace. Observed each year on Jan. 1, the pontiff’s message for this annual observance was released in early December. It urges...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Dec 30, 2020 | News
Perception of the honesty and ethics of U.S. doctors, nurses and pharmacists in the U.S. increased in 2020, according to a Gallup report published Dec. 22. Each year, Gallup asks U.S. adults to respond to the following prompt for various professions: “Please tell me...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Dec 29, 2020 | News
The 2030 climate targets set by the 2015 Paris Agreement will not be met without substantive changes, according to a U.N. Environment Programme (UNEP) report published Dec. 9. In 2019, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions rose by 1.1% from 2018 – the third year in a row of...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Dec 28, 2020 | News
White evangelical Protestants in the U.S. are outliers when it comes to their views of the global pandemic, according to a Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) report published Dec. 17. Each of the nine religious groupings surveyed rated the COVID-19 pandemic as...
