The US International Commission on Religious Freedom warns in its annual report that several governments have engaged in the repression of religious minorities.

Abortions soar by 17% in 2022 after the implementation of early abortion procedures at home, which accounted for six out of ten pregnancy terminations.

The Church of Scotland falls from 32% to 20% in only one decade. Roman Catholics represent 13% while “other Christians” remain at 5%.

In cities like Basel, over half of the population does not adhere to a religion. Protestants fall most.

The intersection of physical and spiritual health among frontier peoples.

Religion has shaped our past, for better and for worse, and remains an integral part of the social, political and cultural fabric of life in Northern Ireland.

A new survey shows that younger Christians are more committed to their faith. Experts are “surprised at high rates of religious practice” as 65% say faith has a role in general society.

Reinhardt Schink of the Evangelical Alliance says “forms of church can be adapted” but warns against decisions that strengthen individualism and “weaken the community of believers”.

Official data show that the number of non-religious people has increased by over 13% since 2010.

Youth attending a worship place regularly are expected to have an average fertility rate of 2.1, much higher than the average for any European country.

In eight years, the church attendance of men aged 15 to 29 more than doubled. Researchers see no parallels in women or in other Nordic countries.

For the third year since 2020, Isaiah 41:10 is the most highlighted, bookmarked, and shared verse of the year worldwide.

New data from a group focusing on church planting points to immigration as a key element in the growth of Spanish churches in the last decade.

Less than one in four abortions were reported as a matter of “serious risk to life or health of the pregnant woman or risk of severe foetal abnormalities”.

In the Southern European country, evangelical churches are the religious minority that grows the most, nearly tripling the presence of Muslim worship places.

A “first of its kind” survey conducted in France shows that evangelicals are more interested in environmental care than the average population.

More than half of those who leave Roman Catholicism in the region turn to evangelical churches, finds a survey.

The latest official figures, published in July, show that only one in five practice Catholicism, while atheism exceeds 16%.

42% of young people do not consider themselves religious, finds the newest official survey. Islam is clearly on the rise.

The United Bible Societies statistics show that the upward trend of last year continued. Most Bibles were distributed in Spanish and English.

Gen Zers believe more in heaven and hell, a survey shows.

A survey shows that while most Europeans do not believe in God, those born after 1997 in Sweden, Germany, France, Great Britain, the Netherlands and Hungary have more faith.

According to research, 44% of Portuguese evangelical churches were started after the year 2001. Many pastors are from Brazil but 7 in 10 new believers are nationals.

In Germany, only 1.6% read the Bible every day, although half of the population is a member of one of the historic churches.

This is an increase of 17% over the previous year. Half were early medical abortions at home, a practice only legalised in the UK after the pandemic.