White evangelical Protestants and U.S. Catholics were the most likely to report that clergy recently spoke about abortion.
A Pew Research Center report found that most Americans who regularly attend religious services hear about political or social issues from their clergy.
The May 27 report, “What Political Issues Do Americans Hear About in Church?” found two-thirds of U.S. adults who regularly attend religious services have heard their clergy speak about at least one political or social issue in the past few months.
The analysis includes findings from a survey of 3,592 U.S. adults who are part of Pewʼs American Trends Panel, with information from 1,391 respondents attending religious services at least monthly. The survey was conducted April 6–12, and the overall margin of error is plus or minus 3.5 percentage points. Of the 1,391 respondents who regularly attend services, 300 respondents were Catholic, with a margin or error of plus or minus 7.7 percentage points.
The data was based on Catholic, white evangelical Protestant, white non-evangelical Protestant, and Black Protestant U.S. adults who reported attending religious services at least once or twice a month.
The survey was open to all religions, but there were not enough respondents from other
