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Augusta Chronicle: Study: Christian population is shifting
Today, there are two times as many Catholics in Brazil as in Italy.
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.
Augusta Chronicle: Study: Christian population is shifting
Today, there are two times as many Catholics in Brazil as in Italy.
Christian Post: Christianity is the world's largest religion, says Pew Forum survey

A new study states that Christianity is the world’s largest religion with just over a third of the global population identifying themselves as Christian.

New American: Europe no longer center of Christian faith
Christianity was once so localized to Europe that the term “Christendom” largely meant Europe.
Huff. Post: Christianity sees major shifts In 100 years, percentage of population remains constant
With Christmas fast approaching, the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life published a new comprehensive demographic report on the size and distribution of the world’s Christian population.
CNN: Christianity goes global as world's largest religion
Christians are by far the largest religious group on the planet, and the religion has gone truly global over the past century, according to a new report out Monday, which finds some of the world's biggest Christian communities in surprising places.
Vancouver Sun: Half world’s 2.3 billion Christians are Catholic
The world’s largest Christian population is in the United States.
UPI: World's Christian populations surveyed
There are 2.18 billion Christians around the world, nearly a third of the estimated 2010 global population of 6.9 billion, a demographic study found.
Catholic World News: Christians remain world's largest religious bloc
Christianity remains the world’s largest religion, measured by the number of the faithful.
St. Petersburg Times: For Obama, religion remains an issue
Bundled in winter coats and holding hands, President Barack Obama and his family left the White House last Sunday and strolled through a park to St. John's Episcopal Church.
Today's Zaman: Dialogue and justice
The 4th UN Alliance of Civilizations Forum was held in Doha, Qatar, Dec. 11-13 with strong international participation.
Gulf Times: Positive change in perception on Muslim-West ties: survey
A panel at the UN Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) Forum in Doha tackled the subject of Muslim-Western relations in the context of the post-9/11 period.
Peninsula: Respect Arab democracies, West urged
A top European diplomat yesterday called on the West to stop patronising the Arab Spring and respect the results of the democratic elections that are taking place in the post-revolution Arab countries.
National Catholic Reporter: Survey of Catholics illuminates life in the pews
The research team, commissioned by The National Catholic Reporter (NCR), which included William D'Antonio of The Catholic University of America (CUA), Mary Gautier of the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) at Georgetown University and Michele Dillon of the University of New Hampshire, recently completed the fifth survey of U.S. Catholics.
Detroit Free Press: Hindu American Foundation holds forum in Farmington Hills, works to spread message of pluralism and peace
The Hindu American Foundation held a forum Saturday in Farmington Hills, raising $30,000 from local residents to help spread its message of pluralism and peace.
Denver Post: Campaign seeks lapsed Catholics' return to fold
Catholics Come Home, a lay organization faithful to church teachings, is launching the church's first nationwide television ad campaign inviting millions of inactive and former Catholics to return to the fold.
Wash. Post: Religious lobbying groups multiply on Capitol Hill
The field of religious advocacy has mushroomed on Capitol Hill in recent decades, a new survey shows, with the number of groups growing fivefold since 1970 and hundreds of millions spent each year to influence issues from school vouchers and immigration to the right of women overseas to have abortions.
NCR: Opinion: Faith and globalization: the Italian perspective
The 21st century is unlikely to see a fundamental conflict of political ideology in the way the 20th century was dominated by it.
Huff. Post: Why Harvard's Humanist chaplaincy is announcing two atheist-led initiatives at Park51 Islamic center
With Republican debates dominating the political conversation in recent weeks, the most circulated religion-related stories have pitted the "Godly" against the "Godless."
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