A poll of Americans’ opinions about more than 20 international luminaries established as much, with the 11-time Grammy winner and philanthropist leaving her two closest competitors – Barack Obama and Volodymyr Zelenskyy – in the dust by more than 50 percentage points. (Vargas, The Guardian)
Read MoreA new report released Wednesday (April 15) from Washington, D.C.-based Public Religion Research Institute found that 43% of adult women under 30 identify as “none” — those who claim no religious identity. That’s up from 29% in 2013. PRRI found that unaffiliated young women outnumber unaffiliated men (35%). Overall, PRRI found that 39% of Americans under 30 identify as “none.” (Smietana, Religion News Service)
Read MoreMore young men report that they attend churches or other houses of worship at least monthly, according to a Gallup poll released Thursday, one of several indicators that group of Americans may be bucking broader trends as religiosity among most people in the United States remains at historic lows. (Wu, The Washington Post)
Read MoreTeens largely turn to TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat for fun and connection. But experiences around messaging, screen time and cyberbullying vary. And what teens say about how these sites impact their mental health. (Faverio, Park & Gottfried, Pew Research Center)
Read MoreAs the war in Sudan enters its fourth year Wednesday (April 15), the bombed Episcopal Church of Our Savior in Khartoum’s Omdurman constantly reminds Christians of the brutal conflict. The church that stood for 81 years is now in ashes after it was bombed in 2023. (Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Read MoreWonder. It’s a hard experience to translate. And Commander Wiseman wasn’t shy about admitting that everything they’d seen had worn out his supply of adjectives. “Houston,” he radioed down, “if you could give me about 20 new superlatives in the mission summary for tomorrow, that will help my vocabulary out a bit.” (Sherr, The Atlantic)
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