2022: Another Year That Tested America's Faith

The Fox News Rundown

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3.4 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 December 2022

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Are Americans losing faith? Earlier this year, Gallup came out with a poll that found 81% of people said they believed in God. That's down six-percent from 2017 and the lowest number of believers since Gallup started asking the question at the end of World War II. This comes at the same time as recent polls say that Americans who are "unaffiliated" with religion on the rise. FOX News Contributor, theologian and former priest Jonathan Morris joins the Rundown to discuss the phenomenon, what factors could be driving these trends, and what it could mean for our country's future. Russia’s war on Ukraine began in February 2021 and continues to rage on. Journalists from around the world moved quickly into action to report on the tragedies and harsh realities of the Russian invasion. Many heard the story when a FOX News crew was attacked outside of Kyiv and FOX cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski and journalist Sasha Kuvshynova were killed in the attack while FOX News correspondent Benjamin Hall suffered grave injuries. Hall was rescued from behind enemy lines by a group called Save Our Allies. Today, on the Rundown we look back at our interview with the organization's co-founder Sarah Verardo who joined host Dave Anthony on the Rundown back on March 23rd to discuss details of how they reached the FOX crew, the organization's origins with the collapse of Afghanistan, and why the rescue mission meant so much to her. Plus, commentary from New York Post Columnist Karol Markowicz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Emily Campagno, host of the Fox true crime podcast. I'm bringing you gripping details
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0:15.2	I'm Angelier Hart. I'm Charles Payne. I'm Martha McCallum and this is The Fox News
0:19.5	Run Down. Monday, December 26th, 2022. I'm Jessica Roosevelt. It's the holiday season
0:29.9	and for many, that means lights, food, family time. But for a growing number, the biblical
0:35.4	reasons for the season are disimportant or don't factor in at all.
0:39.5	We're going from people saying yes, my family is where I was raised this to no, I'm
0:45.4	okay with just saying I am not affiliated with anything. That is a major demographic change.
0:50.6	I'm Dave Anthony. Today, a look back at one of the most compelling moments on this podcast
0:58.4	this year, an attack in Ukraine that hit home. Ben was gravely injured and moving him was
1:06.1	a very difficult decision that was weighed considerably because of course where he was
1:11.2	was not a safe environment for him to remain.
1:15.0	And I'm Carol Markowitz. I've got the final word on the Fox News Run Down.
1:23.2	Throughout the year, we learned where Americans stood on faith and it looks as though more
1:26.8	folks are losing their religion. This fall, the Pew Research Center said in 2020, they estimated
1:32.0	about 64% of Americans, including children, were Christian. Those who were unaffiliated
1:37.1	also called religious nuns, made up about 30%. Jews, Hindus, Muslims, and Buddhists make
1:43.5	up the rest. The Center says if trends continue by 2070, just over a third of Americans will
1:49.7	identify as Christian. When this study came out, Reverend Franklin Graham, Billy Graham
1:53.9	son, told Fox News that we need to be doing evangelism. And then what's happened that many
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