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February 17, 2023

Pew: Only 1 in 3 Catholic parents say it's 'very important' children share parents' religious beliefs

A family is pictured in a file photo praying the rosary in their Phoenix home. 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.

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.

Published in International
August 8, 2019

Pew survey shows majority of Catholics don't believe in 'Real Presence'

Pope Francis leads Benediction at the end of the Corpus Christi procession through the Casal Bertone neighborhood in Rome June 23, 2019.

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.

Published in Faith
October 3, 2018

Pope's favourability numbers down, and worse for handling of abuse, Pew Research polls show

Pope Francis celebrates the opening Mass of the Synod of Bishops on young people, the faith and vocational discernment at the Vatican Oct 3.
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.
Published in International
January 8, 2017

Canada’s Christians lag behind on education levels

Canadian Christians are less educated than people of other faiths, a new study shows.

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

Published in Features
March 5, 2015

Poll: Pope Francis nearly as popular as St. John Paul II among U.S. Catholics

Over 90 per cent of mass-attending Catholics favour the Pope, according to a Pew Research survey. The banner of St. John Paul II hangs from the facade of St. Peter's Basilica as Pope Francis leaves his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican April 30, 2014.

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

Published in International
December 31, 2011

New Pew study estimates global Christian population at 2.18 billion

Nearly one in four Europeans are Christian (25.9 percent), down from 66 percent 100 years ago.

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.

Published in Features