Michael Lipka

More than 18 years after the Netherlands became the world’s first country to allow same-sex marriage, Austria became the latest European nation to legalize the practice.

U.S. Jews have relatively high levels of religious knowledge. But other Americans are unable to answer some basic questions about Jewish practices.

The Center's tenth report on religious restrictions around the world focuses on trends in restrictions from 2007 to 2017.

A declining share of Canadians identify as Christians. Most Canadians say religion’s influence in public life is waning in their country.

The church is one of the few major mainline Protestant denominations in the country that currently does not sanction same-sex marriage.

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

When it comes to public attitudes on religion, national identity and the place of religious minorities, Greeks, like their neighbors to the East, hold more nationalist and less accepting views than do Western Europeans.

Just three-in-ten American Catholics now say the pontiff is doing a good or excellent job of addressing the sex abuse scandal.

The history of the Episcopal Church is closely tied to the history of the United States. On the eve of the Episcopal Church’s 2018 General Convention, here are five facts about Episcopalians.

Two-thirds of Irish adults say abortion should be legal in all or most cases, a level of support reflected in a recent vote in Ireland on legal abortion.