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Selected news stories that cite the Pew Forum and its data.

Park Press: Romney's candidacy puts focus on Mormons
Call it the trickle-down effect: Mitt Romney’s bid for the GOP nomination in the November presidential election has shined the spotlight on not only his policies and tax returns, but also on his faith and the millions who practice it.
USA Today: Number of U.S. mosques up 74% since 2000
The number of Islamic places of worship in the United States soared 74% in the past decade.
American Interest: A global Evangelical elite
Belatedly I have just read a report issued in June 2011 by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, an organization that has been producing interesting survey data about worldwide religion with astounding frequency.
Lancaster Online: Mormon Moment: Defending the faith
When you grow up Mormon, you get used to keeping the Sabbath, dressing conservatively, spending time with your family, and disabusing non-Mormons of the notions they hold about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
EWTN News: Catholic vote trending Republican
In a shift that could have consequences for the 2012 election, Catholic voters – especially non-Hispanic white Catholics – are more likely to identify as Republican or leaning Republican than they were in 2008.
Wash. Post: Mormon voters wary of too much public support for Romney
Among the customers browsing the light-infused Jesus paintings and spiritually tinged volumes of a Mormon bookstore here, you will find some of Mitt Romney’s most passionate supporters. But don’t expect them to go starting a “Mormons for Mitt” group anytime soon.
Economist: Building a bigger tent
MORMONS are outing themselves. In 2010 the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints launched a multi-million-dollar campaign to counter “misconceptions” about the religion, and last October it was vastly expanded.
Courier-Post: Mormon moment: Church gaining members in South Jersey
This poor, largely minority town is about as far removed from Salt Lake City as one could imagine.
Deseret News: Mitt's Mormonism and Muslims among top religion stories of 2011
The biggest religion story of the year was "Religion in the 2012 election," and the biggest chunk of that coverage was presidential candidate Mitt Romney's Mormon faith.
RNS: For atheists of color, 'coming out' can be painful
As a child, Alix Jules saw people in church speak in tongues, tremble, fall and have what appeared to be very genuine connections with God.
RNS: For atheists of color, ‘coming out’ can be painful
As a child, Alix Jules saw people in church speak in tongues, tremble, fall and have what appeared to be very genuine connections with God.
OC Register: Rick Warren builds bridge to Muslims
The Rev. Rick Warren, pastor of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest and one of America's most influential Christian leaders, has embarked on an effort to heal divisions between evangelical Christians and Muslims by partnering with Southern California mosques and proposing a set of theological principles that includes acknowledging that Christians and Muslims worship the same God.
AP: Latino Mormons speaking out against Romney over immigration issue
When Honduran-born Antonella Cecilia Packard converted to the Mormon Faith 20 years ago, she said it was like “coming home.”
City Weekly: Myth of the Utah Mormon
Most members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are well aware of the perceived differences of the “Utah Mormon” and “regular” Mormons.
Bloomberg: What Jesus might say is debated in survey of Christian politics
Christians in the U.S. who labeled themselves politically liberal or conservative told researchers Jesus wouldn’t necessarily agree with their social views if he were alive today, according to a study.
AFP: Romney, Gingrich run close among Florida evangelicals
Mitt Romney, a Morman, ran about even with his rival Newt Gingrich among white evangelical voters in his commanding victory in the Florida primary, the Pew Research Center said Wednesday.
Edmonton Journal: How serious is Ottawa about religious freedom?
The swirl of criticism around the creation of the Office of Religious Freedom distracts from the more important issue of the role of religion in world affairs.
WNYC: Will the new evangelicals tip Florida?
Newt Gingrich won more than 40 percent of the evangelical Christian vote in last week's South Carolina primary, easily besting Rick Santorum, long considered a social conservative favorite, in the early primary where bible-believing Christians hold the most sway.
Bay Area News Group: California's Catholic hierarchy takes stand against illegal-immigration dragnet
The Bay Area's biggest religious institution, the Catholic Church, is throwing its weight against a federal immigration dragnet that in the past two years deported more than 6,500 people from the region.
Tampa Tribune: Mormon church works to dispel mystery as profile is raised
For a religious denomination that claims about 2 percent of the American population, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is getting a lot of attention these days.
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