Numbers from the 2011 census in the United Kingdom show that a majority 59 identify as Christian and 25 claim no religion nbsp Just 10 years ago 73 said they were Christian and only 14 reported having no religion From the BBC nbsp A spokesman for the Catholic Bishops Conference of E

The General Social Survey a comprehensive questionnaire perennially studying the habits and demographics of Americans asks participants about their views on the afterlife From Chicago Magazine in 1983 and 1984 the people running the GSS decided to ask people about their visions of the afterlif

Pope Benedict XVI joined Twitter today choosing the handle Pontifex and amassing hundreds of thousands of followers in just a nbsp few hours all without composing a single tweet the inaugural tweet will be published next Wednesday The New York Times reports Benedict rsquo s posts will go ou

The instructor a Presbyterian called my choice to preach about Mary ldquo bold rdquo We were asked to choose a piece of scripture and then deliver a ten-minute sermon Because it was the start of Advent I chose the annunciation from Luke rsquo s gospel To me Mary rsquo s calm and passive ac

We rsquo re approaching that time of year when oversensitive atheists lash out against nativity scenes and oversensitive Christians reply by raging on about the supposed War on Christmas One name I was surprised to see added to the list this year was the Holy Father himself Pope Benedict XVI whos

Boston s Archbishop Cardinal Sean O Malley sat down for an interview with a Boston political reporter to talk about the defeat of a ballot measure that would have legalized assisted suicide in Massachusetts his new role as head of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops committee on pro-life activi

Along with family and friends, my faith offers hope, makes sense of a sometimes-confusing existence, and challenges me, disallowing complacence and self-satisfaction.

Catholics comprise 30 of the new Congress according to a new report published by Pew today The newly elected 113th Congress includes the first Buddhist to serve in the Senate the first Hindu to serve in either chamber and the first member of Congress to describe her religion as ldquo none rdq

San Francisco rsquo s Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone conveyed the disappointment felt by his brother bishops because of the recent passage of same-sex marriage laws in three states and the defeat of an amendment that would constitutionally ban same-sex marriage in Minnesota Speaking at a press co

In addition to President Obama rsquo s decisive Electoral College victory tonight popular vote wise we remain quite split voters in several states weigh-in on some interesting ballot measures For the first time in US history voters not the courts approved same-sex marriage laws with succes