On February 17, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops released their "Annual Report on the State of Religious Liberty in the United States" (full text). In a press release announcing the new report, the USCCB said in part:
The report summarizes developments on national questions and federal policies affecting religious liberty in the U.S., including the role of religion in American public life, and the challenges and opportunities of the present moment.
The report identified six areas of critical concern for religious liberty in 2026: Political and anti-religious violence; Unjust terms and conditions on federal grants, and unreliability of government; Access to sacraments for ICE detainees and immigration enforcement at houses of worship; School choice and the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit; Repeal of provisions that prevent religious organizations from participating in government programs; Further repudiation of gender ideology.
On February 17, PRRI (Public Religion Research Institute) released its Report "Mapping Christian Nationalism Across the 50 States" (full text) (Web friendly version). A press release announcing the release of the Report said in part:
... Based on interviews with more than 22,000 adults conducted throughout 2025 as part of the PRRI American Values Atlas, the new study examines the connections between support for Christian nationalism and Trump favorability, partisanship, religion, media habits, and more.
At the national level, a majority of Republicans (56%) qualify as either Christian nationalism Adherents (21%) or Sympathizers (35%), compared with one in four independents (25%) and less than one in five Democrats (17%). Overall, roughly one-third of Americans qualify as Christian nationalism Adherents (11%) or Sympathizers (21%), compared with two-thirds who qualify as Skeptics (37%) or Rejecters (27%). These percentages largely have remained stable since PRRI first asked these questions in late 2022....
On February 10, the American Jewish Committee released its Report "The State of Antisemitism in America 2025." The Report is comprised of three parts-- a Survey of American Jews, a Survey of the General Public, and a comparison of the views of the two groups. Links to all three parts are available at this website. On February 17, AJC released additional survey data on antisemitism experienced by Jewish college students. In an analysis of the data, AJC said in part:
The vast majority of American Jews feel less safe due to violent antisemitic incidents in America in 2025. Most American Jews believe that, since October 7, antisemitism has increased in the United States and that Jews are less secure than the previous year. About one in three were the personal target of antisemitism, and over half of American Jews changed their behavior in at least one way out of fear of antisemitism. Among the U.S. general public, there is overall awareness of antisemitism as a problem, while over four in 10 has personally seen or heard antisemitism in 2025....
Online and on social media is by and large where American Jews experience antisemitism the most....
AJC’s 2025 Report shows how American Jews ages 18-29 experience antisemitism differently than those ages 30 and over....
