by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Jan 8, 2019 | News
All but three U.S. states have improved, since 2011, initiatives to reduce the sex trafficking of minors, according to a report published in mid-November 2018 by Shared Hope International and the Center for Justice and Advocacy. Grades – from “A” to “F” – are provided...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Jan 7, 2019 | News
A slim majority (51 percent) of U.S. adults said religion is very important in their lives, according to a Gallup report published Dec. 24. With a plus-or-minus 4 percent sampling error, that number could be as high as 55 percent or as low as 47 percent. An additional...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Jan 4, 2019 | News
Catholics and Baptists hold the most seats among Christian adherents in the 116th U.S. Congress, according to Pew Research Center data released on Jan. 3. It is billed as one of, if not the most diverse Congress in U.S. history. The Associated Press reports, “The new...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Dec 28, 2018 | News
The percentage of U.S. adults who view clergy as honest and ethical continues to decline, according to a Gallup report released Dec. 20. Only 37 percent of respondents rated clergy’s honesty and ethical standards as “high / very high,” down five points from 2017 and...
by Steven Harmon and Avelino Gonzalez-Ferrer | Dec 26, 2018 | News
The second meeting of the third phase of international ecumenical conversations between the Baptist World Alliance (BWA) and the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity took place Dec. 10-14 in Rome at the Domus Internationalis Paulus VI. The Baptist...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Dec 26, 2018 | News
Children who participate in the Head Start program are more likely to attend college and less likely to experience poverty in adulthood, according to a University of Michigan (UM) report published in late November. Head Start, launched in 1965 as part of Lyndon...
