#BeliefsAndPractices

Majorities in Brazil, Colombia and Peru want leaders who stand up for their religious beliefs.

Americans are less likely than people in many other countries to see gambling as morally wrong

Buddhism is the only major religion in the world with a falling number of adherents, according to Pew Research Center estimates for 2010 and 2020.

Nearly everyone in Indonesia, as well as the vast majority of people in Kenya, India and South Africa, say it’s necessary to believe in God to be moral.

See a profile of American religious beliefs and practices if the country were made up of exactly 100 adults.

Has there been a Christian revival among young adults in the U.K.? Recent surveys may be misleading

(Inti St Clair via Getty Images) About this research This report describes how the religious affiliation of people in six Latin American countries has changed over the past decade.

Catholics continue to be the largest religious group in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru – despite declining as a share of these countries’ adult populations over the past decade.

About Pew Research Center’s Spring 2024 Global Attitudes Survey Pew Research Center’s Spring 2024 Global Attitudes Survey was conducted in 36 countries via telephone, face-to-face and online interviews, under the direction of Gallup, Lan...

This analysis was produced by Pew Research Center as part of the Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures project, which analyzes religious change and its impact on societies around the world.

In this survey of six Latin American countries, we asked about a variety of religious and spiritual practices, such as whether respondents pray daily, attend worship services weekly or wear religious symbols.

This Pew Research Center study explores a wide variety of spiritual and religious beliefs in six Latin American countries.