This Pew Research Center analysis looks at reasons why people identify as Protestant or switch into or out of Protestantism. It is part of a broader report that focuses on patterns in religious ...

LINDEN, Va. — In the waves of turbulence that rippled throughout the Catholic Church in the 1970s, the nuns of St. Dominic’s Monastery found themselves forced to leave their longtime home in Wisconsin ...

The Protestant Bible, of which the NIV is one version, is seven books shorter than the Bible used by Roman Catholics. But Protestants didn't just take out books; they used a different standard of what ...

Protestants are no longer a majority in the USA 'Nones' are second only to Catholics as a category One in five Americans (19.6%) are 'Nones' For decades, if not centuries, America's top religious ...

Visitors look at a panorama-painting that shows the town of Wittenberg 500 years ago in the year 1517 on May 20, 2017 in Wittenberg, Germany. Correspondent Five hundred years ago, an unknown monk ...

NEW YORK For the first time in its history, the United States does not have a Protestant majority, according to a new study. One reason: The number of Americans with no religious affiliation is on the ...

Views on Christians drinking alcohol have stayed steady among Protestant churchgoers over the past decade, according to a new study. While 41 percent of Protestant churchgoers say they consume alcohol ...

The popular understanding of the founding of the Church of England was that lusty old King Henry VIII wanted to marry his pretty little mistress. The Pope wouldn’t grant him a divorce, so Henry sent ...

When Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens retires this summer, the court will be without a Protestant for the first time in its 220-year history, said James Oliphant in the Los Angeles Times.

Follow this author to personalize your feed and get instant alerts. WHY FOLLOW? Update your preferences in Account Settings July 02, 1963: Pope Paul receives President John. F Kennedy in the Vatican ...