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January 21, 2012 - The Times-Picayune
Times-Picayune: New Orleans archbishop heads to Vatican for twice-a-decade visit
Archbishop Gregory Aymond and Bishop Shelton Fabre flew to Rome on Friday to join 20 other regional Catholic bishops for a once-every-five-years series of face-to-face meetings with the pope and Vatican bureaucrats to brief them on conditions in their local churches.
January 13, 2012 - CNN
CNN: As number of Latino evangelicals grows, it's not politics as usual
It’s a greeting that always makes Mark Jobe smile: “I really loved today’s Mass, Father Mark.”
January 12, 2012 - CNN
CNN: Survey: U.S. Mormons feel discrimination, hope
Nearly half of American Mormons say they face a lot of discrimination in the United States, though most also say that acceptance of their religion is on the rise, according to a major survey released Thursday.
January 12, 2012 - ABC
ABC: Pew survey: majority of Mormons lean Republican; half cite discrimination against their faith
With Mitt Romney’s Mormon faith often under the microscope, a new survey to be released Thursday finds that most Mormons feel they are misunderstood, discriminated against and not accepted by Americans as part of mainstream society.
January 12, 2012 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Poll finds Mormons worry about acceptance but embrace differences
The first major independent poll of U.S. Mormons describes a conservative, devout community highly concerned about being accepted even as it embraces beliefs about gender roles, premarital sex and religious commitment that are well outside the mainstream.
January 12, 2012 - The Wall Street Journal
WSJ: Video: What Mormons Believe
Pew researcher Greg Smith on a new study by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life on what Mormons believe and how they perceive themselves.
January 11, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Mormons see mainstream acceptance ahead for church
Mormons and white evangelicals share an intense commitment to family life, prayer, the Bible and conservative politics, including support for the Republican Party and smaller government, according to a new study released Thursday.
January 11, 2012 - Deseret News
Deseret News: 'Mormons in America' Pew survey explores beliefs, attitudes of LDS Church members
As the "Mormon moment" extends into 2012, the Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion & Public Life Thursday releases a groundbreaking new survey, the first ever published by a non-LDS research organization to focus exclusively on members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and their beliefs, values, perceptions and political preferences.
January 02, 2012 - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Sun Sentinel: Study: Christianity still the numbers champ
Christianity keeps its century-old title as the world's largest religion -- but it's becoming more diverse and more "southern."
December 31, 2011 - The Economist
Economist: Christians and lions
Christianity is growing almost as fast as humanity itself, but its 2.2 billion adherents cannot count on safety in numbers.
December 30, 2011 - The New American
New American: Nigerian terrorists wage war against Christians
The prayers of faithful Christians in Nigeria were interrupted by bombs detonated by Islamic militants during worship services on Christmas Day — attacks that are becoming perennial in a nation that rests on one of the theological fault lines between Christianity and Islam.
December 29, 2011 - Abilene Reporter-News
Reporter-News: 'Out of Africa' Abilene churches embrace those relocating here
Nowhere is the explosive growth of Christianity in Africa more evident than right here in West Texas.
December 27, 2011 - CNN
CNN: Charismatic movement growing quickly worldwide
At the end of a row of neatly arranged banquet chairs, Sandra Ashford sat reverently, still in awe of what she says is her mother’s miraculous recovery from cervical spinal stenosis.
December 23, 2011 - Fox Nes
Fox: My faith and politics in America
The Christmas season is a time to reflect on the many blessings we are fortunate enough to enjoy in this great country.
December 23, 2011 - The Toledo Blade
Toledo Blade: Study finds changes in locations of Christians
A new study on global Christianity reports there are 2.18 billion Christians in the world, nearly a third of the estimated 6.9 billion people on Earth.
December 23, 2011 - Zenit
Zenit: Christians by numbers around the world
Christians account for almost a third of the world's population.
December 23, 2011 - National Catholic Reporter
Catholic Reporter: Study compares Catholicism to Christianity across the globe
I happen to groove on population statistics, but I realize that for most people they rival watching paint dry, or the heartbreak of psoriasis, as a good time.
December 20, 2011 - The Wall Street Journal
WSJ: Video: Where the Christians are
A video interview with Pew Forum demographer Conrad Hackett on the size and distribution of the world's Christian population.
December 20, 2011 - The New American
New American: Europe no longer center of Christian faith
Christianity was once so localized to Europe that the term “Christendom” largely meant Europe.
December 20, 2011 - America Magazine
America Magazine: Where are the world's Christians?
“Global Christianity: A Report on the Size and Distribution of the World’s Christian Population” has just been published by the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life.
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