Journalists have become used to reporting annual disasters at the hajj, the once-in-a-lifetime trip to Mecca that all Muslims ...

Most people who switch religions do not join another tradition; they leave religion altogether. Christians and Buddhists are ...

Sociologists of religion present a new edition of one of the most comprehensive empirical studies of religious trends across the world – Detlef ...

DHARAMSHALA, India, (Reuters) -The choice of a successor to the Dalai Lama, the spiritual head of Tibetan Buddhists, is a ...

From 2010 to 2020, the number of Muslims increased by 347 million people to 2.0 billion people. Christians grew by 122 ...

A new report titled “How the Global Religious Landscape Changed From 2010 to 2020” finds that Islam was the fastest-growing major religion over the decade, expanding by 21% globally, twice the ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - A new study from the Pew Research Center found that Islam experienced the most significant growth among all major religions between 2010 and 2020, making it the world’s ...

During the same period, Islam solidified its position as the fastest-growing major world religion. The proportion of Muslims in the global population increased by 1.8 percentage points, rising to ...

Of all religions represented in the report, Buddhists were the only group to experience worldwide decline between 2010 and 2020, with the number of Buddhists around the world shrinking by 5% from ...

What do the world’s major religions actually believe, and how are they different and similar? This video offers a simplified, balanced overview of key beliefs, practices, and histories behind ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- While the choice of a new pope was a major event for the Catholic Church and their faithful, it was also eventful for other faith leaders. ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7.

From conclaves to reincarnation, religious traditions around the world follow different rules when selecting new spiritual leaders. Here’s how major religions make their choices.