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March 26, 2013 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Whatever the Supreme Court decides, these nine charts show gay marriage is winning
Today, the Supreme Court opens two days of oral arguments on whether the right to marriage extends to same-sex couples.
March 26, 2013 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: States are cracking down on abortion—and legalizing gay marriage. What gives?
Tuesday marked for a watershed day for gay rights activists as the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on a case with the potential to legalize same-sex marriage across the country.
March 19, 2013 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Traditional Catholics key in on signs of pope’s worship style
Austin Lipari watched clips of Pope Francis’s inaugural Mass on Tuesday like a detective spotting clues.
March 18, 2013 - USA Today
USA Today: U.S. Catholics happy with Francis choice
U.S. Catholics overwhelmingly like the selection of Pope Francis as the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church, a poll released Monday finds.
March 15, 2013 - The Wall Street Journal
WSJ: In Latin America, Catholics see a lift
The choice of a Latin American to lead the globe's 1.2 billion Catholics stands to reinvigorate the church in its Latin American stronghold, helping it fight off growing inroads from Protestant evangelicals and raising its profile on controversial social issues like gay marriage and abortion.
March 08, 2013 - The Wall Street Journal
WSJ: Some church folk ask: ‘What would Jesus brew?’
As several of the faithful from the Valley Church here prepared to bow their heads in prayer to open a recent Saturday-evening meeting, they introduced themselves.
March 05, 2013 - USA Today
USA Today: Who can lead the Catholic world now?
Most of the world's billion Catholics live in Latin America, Africa and Asia now so the issues that dominate debate in the USA and Europe may not shape the papal election next month.
February 26, 2013 - Orlando Sentinel
Orlando Sentinel: Pope Benedict & everything you want to know about U.S. Catholics
Wednesday is Pope Benedict XVI’s final general audience in St. Peter’s Square before he steps down on Thursday.
February 25, 2013 - The Huffington Post
Huff. Post: Most Catholic countries worldwide, increase seen in global south
A recent analytical report by Pew Research Center, "The Global Catholic Population," indicates the countries with the highest Catholic population today, and how the global face of Catholicism has changed in the last century.
February 24, 2013 - The Vancouver Sun
Vancouver Sun: Opinion: Founded in Christianity, can Canada’s Office of Religious Freedom be fair to all
Regardless of whether it’s good policy or good politics, this week’s opening of Canada’s new Office of Religious Freedom is taking the lid off a Pandora’s box.
February 23, 2013 - BBC News
BBC: How do you count Catholics?
As Pope Benedict XVI prepares to step down next week, speculation is intensifying as to who will lead the reported 1.2 billion Catholics worldwide.
February 21, 2013 - USA Today
USA Today: U.S. Catholics split on church direction under new pope
While the world waits to find out when the Catholic Church will choose the next pope and who it will be, a new survey shows that U.S. Catholics are divided on the direction the church should take.
February 21, 2013 - NPR
NPR: Pew: U.S. Catholics divided on future of the church
Catholics in the United States are divided over what they want from their next pontiff, a new poll from the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life finds.
February 13, 2013 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: The one chart that shows the Catholic church’s looming identity crisis
For centuries, the Catholic church has been a European institution.
February 11, 2013 - CNN
CNN: Poll: Most American Catholics have positive views of pope's leadership
American Catholics woke up Monday to the news that the head of their church, Pope Benedict XVI, would resign at the end of the month "because of advanced age."
February 11, 2013 - USA Today
USA Today: Opinion: Time for an American pope?
Over the millennia, innovation has not been a hallmark of the Vatican and the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church -- especially when it comes to choosing a CEO.
January 25, 2013 - USA Today
USA Today: Pope sends support to abortion protesters in Washington
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to fill the National Mall on Friday to protest the 40-year-old landmark Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion in the first trimester.
January 22, 2013 - The New York Times
NYT: The 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade
It’s the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. Do your kids know what that means?
January 19, 2013 - The Associated Press
AP: Roe v Wade: After 40 years, deep divide is legacy
By today's politically polarized standards, the Supreme Court's momentous Roe v. Wade ruling was a landslide.
January 16, 2013 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Forty years after Roe v. Wade, most under 30 don’t know case was about abortion
Next week is 40 years since the landmark abortion-rights decision Roe v. Wade and a new poll shows the majority of people under 30 can’t name what the case was about.
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