The concept of religion has played a significant role in shaping the development of many societies. In some nations, religion continues a central part of everyday life, whilst in others very much less ...

How religious can a country be? Can an entire population strongly align with faith? To explore this question, a global survey was conducted to understand where people feel most closely connected to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The San Gregorio al Celio church, right, and the St. John and Paul Basilica are illuminated by the sunset light, in Rome, Thursday ...

Throughout this report, religious switching refers to a change between the religious group in which a person says they were raised (during their childhood) and their religious identity now (in ...

Throughout this report, religious switching refers to a change between the religious group in which a person says they were raised (during their childhood) and their religious identity now (in ...

Some research shows that New Zealand has some of the least amount of government restrictions on religion in the world. The law in the country prohibits discrimination based on religion. According to ...

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) released a new report on Wednesday highlighting the countries with the worst religious persecution in the world. From this report, which ...

U.S. Commission on International Religious chairman stresses that actionable consequences are needed on the ground. U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom Chairman Stephen Schneck (photo: ...