How religious can a country be? Can an entire population strongly align with faith? To explore this question, a global survey was conducted to understand where people feel most closely connected to ...

The concept of religion has played a significant role in shaping the development of many societies. In some nations, religion continues a central part of everyday life, whilst in others very much less ...

New data reveals the countries with the highest government restrictions on religion and where they are rising.

The number of countries with high or very high social hostilities rose for the third year in a row; government interference in worship also increased.

Religious groups faced harassment in 192 of 198 countries and territories, matching a previous high from 2022.

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) released a new report on Wednesday highlighting the countries with the worst religious persecution in the world. From this report, which ...

U.S. Commission on International Religious chairman stresses that actionable consequences are needed on the ground. U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom Chairman Stephen Schneck (photo: ...

New research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reveals that atheists in some of the world's most secular countries show an intuitive preference for religious belief over ...