The U.S. public is evenly split in its view of the Supreme Court decision ruling that some for-profit corporations have religious rights and can opt out of the Affordable Care Act’s contraception mandate.
A Pew Research Center survey shows how many people in religious groups know other people of different religions.
U.S. Christians, as a whole, express negative feelings toward atheists, and the chilliness is reciprocated, according to a Pew Research survey on how Americans rate eight religious groups.
Muslims comprise 11% of the collective population of the 16 countries that advanced out of the tournament’s group stage.
Iraq and Iran are two of only a handful of countries that have more Shias than Sunnis.
Most Christians would be unhappy if a family member married an atheist.
Aside from the Olympics, there are few events that garner as much global coverage as the World Cup.
A total of 476 World Cup team members (65%) currently play for clubs in countries outside of their World Cup nation.
Some of the stigma associated with atheism may be fading as the number of U.S. adults self-identifying as atheist or agnostic rises.
Led by the prolific travels of Pope John Paul II, pontiffs have reached 135 different countries and territories at least once since 1964.
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