Americans ages 18 to 22 are attending religious services at unusually high rates, but a sharp drop appears among adults just a few years older, according to a Pew Research Center analysis released Oct. 28. The report found that 41% of adults born between 2004 and 2008—roughly ages 18 to 22—attend a church, synagogue, mosque or
President Donald Trump’s accusations that Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is a “jihadist” seeking to impose Sharia law have drawn condemnation from El-Sayed and renewed scrutiny of claims about Islam’s religious legal tradition in the United States. Trump made the remarks Oct. 25 at a campaign rally in Port Huron, where he also said
Pope Leo XIV has submitted a mail-in ballot in Chicago for the 2026 U.S. midterm elections, the Holy See Press Office confirmed Friday, making him the first pope known to vote in a U.S. election. The ballot was cast ahead of the Nov. 3 elections. Vatican News reported the Vatican’s announcement. “Pope Leo XIV has exercised
England needs about 940 additional adoptive families for children currently awaiting placement, according to a new report from children’s charity Coram and Adoption England. The findings have prompted Christian debate about whether the rise of IVF, surrogacy and egg freezing is contributing to the decline in adoption recruitment. The report, Every Day is Everything, said 2,060