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Christian Post: Christians make up half of world's immigrants, study finds
A new study by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life has revealed that Christians make up almost half of all the world's immigrants, while Jewish people are by far the biggest migrants in terms of proportion.
Fox: Religious divide among GOP voters?
Greg Smith breaks down the religious vote in the GOP primaries
Eurasia Review: US 2nd Leading Destination For Hindu Migrants
The United States is the world’s second-leading destination for Hindu migrants, after India; according to a new study by The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life.
Economist: Holy rollers
Christians comprise a third of the world's people but half its migrants, according to a report from the Pew Research Centre.
Boston Globe: Romney’s faith adds an extra obstacle in South
As one of 20,000 Mormons living in a state dominated by evangelical Christians, Van J. Bodin’s own life experience tells him what Mitt Romney is up against in the South.
AP: Romney’s struggle with evangelicals on display in deeply conservative Southern primaries
Mitt Romney’s weak appeal so far with white evangelicals will be in the forefront as the GOP presidential primaries move into Southern states where most Republicans are born-again Christians.
India Times: After Mexico, India second largest source of migrants: Report
India is the second largest source of global migrants after Mexico and is the ninth top destination for all migrants, a new report said today.
Charlotte Observer: Religion on the move
The spirit is moving people. Or maybe it's the other way around.
WSJ: U.S. top destination for Christian, Buddhist immigrants, study says
The U.S. is the top destination for the world's migrating Christians and Buddhists, as well as those with no particular religious affiliation, including atheists and agnostics, a new study showed.
Reuters: Far more Christian than Muslim migrants worldwide
Christians far outnumber Muslims as migrants around the world, including in the European Union where debates about immigration usually focus on new Muslim arrivals, according to a new study issued on Thursday.
UPI: Christian migrants flock to U.S.
Nearly half of the world's migrants are Christian and they're more likely to immigrate to the United States than anywhere else in the world, a study suggests.
Boston Globe: Santorum’s faith isn’t driving vote of Catholics
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum is a proud traditional Catholic. But so far that is not helping him with Catholic voters.
RNS: Jews are the world’s most migratory religious group
Ever since their mad dash out of Egypt bound for the Promised Land, Jews have been on the move — and they continue to be, far more than any other religious group, according to a new study.
Newsday: Study sees changing face of religion in U.S.
Decades of immigration to the United States have sharply reduced the nation's Protestant majority -- from two-thirds of the population in the 1960s to about half today, according to a study released Thursday.
Catholic Reporter: A curious exit poll you might have missed last week
Today is Super Tuesday, so we'll soon have a new dose of data from exit polls and surveys about the voting patterns of Evangelicals, Catholics, Jews, mainline Protestants and other faith groups.
Commercial Appeal: Tennessee primary races to homestretch
Despite his lackluster performance in South Carolina and his awkward tendency to call attention to his own affluence, supporters say former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney has a chance to put doubts about his grassroots popularity behind him with a solid victory in today's Tennessee primary.
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.
Vatican Radio: Restrictions on religious practice on the rise
Approximately 70% of the world’s population lives in countries with high restrictions on religious beliefs and practices, and those restrictions are growing. The problem was scheduled to be discussed at a meeting at Rome’s Pontifical University “Antonianum” on Tuesday evening.
Sun Sentinel: South Florida Jewish vote a key for Obama
The decades-long allegiance of Jewish voters to the Democratic Party is under unprecedented stress, threatened by a combination of changing demographics and the concerted Republican effort to depict President Barack Obama as unfriendly to Israel.
News Journal: Preaching against Islam heats up
With an April 25 court hearing drawing near in the fight over mosque construction here, foes of the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro’s plans are taking the battle regional.
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