A closer look at the countries where belief in God is declining the fastest—and what it reveals about culture, history, and ...

The world’s major religions offer different perspectives on God, morality, suffering, life, and what may come after death.

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 ...

Apart from Muslims, the only other group that grew as a percentage of the global population were those who identify as having no religion, known as 'nones.' The report covered 201 countries, focusing ...

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.

Interactive Lion today announced the launch of Divinity Atlas, a free online encyclopedia of the world’s religions, mythologies and esoteric traditions, available now at divinityatlas.com. At launch ...

(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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Governments around the world are imposing significant restrictions on religion, new research shows, a trend that could have ...

Religion isn't only a legacy of the ancient world. It's still being written, sometimes by hand, sometimes by hashtag. New spiritual movements continue to emerge through satire, politics, personal ...

In most of the world, countries with religious populations are more likely to have governments that support religion through laws and policies. These laws might include religious education, funding ...

This is Pew Research Center’s 16th annual report on levels of restrictions on religion around the world. It scores 198 countries and territories on two separate indexes: To create these indexes, ...