WASHINGTON — Five years ago, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, former President Donald Trump’s newly minted running mate, was baptized into the Catholic Church. His journey to Catholicism is a complicated one, as ...

The number of Americans who identify as spiritual is on the rise, while many are distancing themselves from organized religion. According to a 2023 Pew Research study, seven out of 10 Americans ...

(RNS) — The popularity of spiritual direction can be attributed in part to its emphasis on facilitating instead of advice-giving and theology-spewing. (RNS) — Sam Herrmann grew up homeschooled in an ...

(RNS) — How many times have you heard a sermon from a religious or spiritual leader about the internet that doesn’t simply talk about unplugging, or more recently, how to call into the next Zoom ...

Professor of Sociology and Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Brandeis University When Americans picture a chaplain, many of them likely think of someone like Father Mulcahy, the Irish American ...

Fewer than half of Americans (44%) say they pray each day. This is a substantial decline from the first Religious Landscape Study (RLS) conducted in 2007, when 58% said they prayed at least once a day ...