Gay, lesbian and bisexual adults are less likely than straight adults to affiliate with a religious group or to attend religious services weekly.

Laws enacted in several European countries that restrict the religious clothing of Muslim women are largely in line with Western European attitudes on the issue.

The new Congress is slightly more religiously diverse than its predecessor, but it remains overwhelmingly Christian.

On a number of issues, Catholic partisans often express opinions more in line with their political parties' positions than with their church's teachings.

In many countries, actively religious people are more likely than their less-religious peers to describe themselves as very happy.

Worldwide, roughly two-thirds of the countries that allow gay marriage are in Western Europe.

They tend to be more left-leaning, more receptive to immigrants, more favorable toward the EU and more mixed in their views of center-left parties.

Young adults tend to be less religious than their elders by several measures; the opposite is rarely true. This pattern holds true across many countries that have different religious, economic and…

Germany, the largest country in Western Europe by population, has become the 15th European nation to change its laws to allow gay marriage.

Most American adults say there is at least some discrimination against Muslims in the U.S. today, and about two-thirds say the same about Jews.

Worldwide, roughly two-thirds of the countries that allow gay marriage are in Western Europe.

Southern states are among the most highly religious states in the U.S., while those in New England are among the least devout.

More than 40 years after the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision, 69% of Americans say the historic ruling should not be completely overturned.

Today, 64% of Americans say Jews face at least some discrimination, a 20-percentage-point increase from 2016. Partisans are divided in their views of discrimination against Jews – and many other…

Relatively few adults in Western Europe participate in religious activities. For example, across the 15 countries surveyed, a median of 22% say they

In Pew Research Center polling in 2001, Americans opposed same-sex marriage by a margin of 57% to 35%. Since then, support for same-sex marriage has steadily grown.

A majority of Americans (61%) favor allowing gays and lesbians to marry legally, while about half as many (31%) oppose same-sex marriage. Republicans and Democrats remain deeply divided over legal…

In all countries except Japan, the survey asked respondents whether being Christian or Catholic (reflecting religious traditions in the countries polled)

Adults under 40 are less likely to be religiously affiliated Perhaps the simplest way to measure attachment to religion among people of all ages is to

Roughly one-in-five U.S. adults were raised with a mixed religious background, according to a new Pew Research Center study.

The Pew Forum’s religious knowledge survey included 32 questions about various aspects of religion: the Bible, Christianity, Judaism, Mormonism, world

Many more U.S. Muslims identify with or lean toward the Democratic Party than the GOP, but the share who are Republican has held steady over the last 10 years.

In general, Western European countries that have a mandatory church tax aren’t any less religious than those that don’t have such a tax.

Within Europe, there are sometimes sizable differences in levels of religious commitment. A new interactive lets you explore these differences.