On Sunday night, will God be influencing the outcome of Super Bowl XLVII? Our new survey shows that nearly 3-in-10 (27%) Americans believe that God plays a role in determining which team wins a sporting event, while a majority (53%) agree that God rewa... Read more
A former teacher at a Catholic school is suing, saying that he was dismissed based on his transgender identity. Catholics are, overall, supportive of legal protections for transgender people. Read more
A transgender teacher is suing the Catholic prep school where he worked for more than three decades, saying that he was fired illegally. More than three-quarters (76%) of Catholics agree that Congress should pass laws to protect transgender people from... Read more
Is sports fandom like religion? Our new survey finds that Americans say religion is significantly more important to their lives than their fan affiliation, but they are about as likely to watch sports each week as they are to attend religious services. Read more
Harnessing the religiously unaffiliated, a fast-growing but diverse demographic, may pose a challenge for America’s secular leadership Read more
Don't necessarily blame the refs when your team loses - a significant number of Americans report that God has a hand in determining winners and losers in sports games. Read more
This week's graphic illustrates the overlapping "pro-life" and "pro-choice" identities among religious groups. Read more
Last week, in advance of the "March for Life," a group of Catholic nuns, priests, and scholars sent a letter arguing that gun violence is also a "pro-life" issue. Our new survey shows that among Catholics who say the term “pro-life” describes them ... Read more
A new study casts doubt on the effectiveness of robo-polls, raising the question of whether the results of automated polls in the 2012 Republican primaries may have been adjusted to match live-interview surveys. Read more
Despite a slew of legal challenges, a majority of Americans have consistently supported the "contraception mandate" of the Affordable Care Act over the past year. Read more
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