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

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.
CBN: What Iowa caucuses predict about the GOP race
Although the Iowa caucuses are quickly becoming a distant memory, voter patterns from the contest teach a lesson about the battle for the Republican nomination.
Orange County Register: O.C. GOP chief eyes Romney nomination
As enthused as the Rev. Lou Sheldon is over Rick Santorum's strong Iowa showing, other influential Orange County Republicans see Tuesday's caucus results swinging momentum further in the direction of frontrunner Mitt Romney.
Orlando Sentinel: Iowa caucus shows division between evangelicals and other voters
Polling conducted as voters entered the 2012 Iowa caucuses shows a clear split between born-again evangelical Christians, who favored Rick Santorum, and other voters, who favored Mitt Romney, according to the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life.
NPR: Religion front and center on 2012 campaign trail
From stump speeches to political ads, religion is a hot-button topic in the presidential campaign.
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.
Boston Globe: On candidates, N.H. evangelicals finding little unity
David Ridge believes abortion is an “abomination’’ and gay marriage is “unnatural.’’ He votes Republican because “I believe in personal responsibility, accountability to the creator, and accountability to mankind.’’
Washington Times: Opinion: Obama: Entangled by Islam
It’s no longer news that President Obama’s vaunted outreach to Islam has been a bust.
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.
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.
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.
Postmedia News: Veiled threat: Niqab ban has some fearing a less tolerant Canada
When Minna Ella walks through the department store, she's one of the few women who don't get pestered by clerks trying to dole out free makeup and perfume samples.
Newsweek: Mitt Romney’s Mormon problem in the Iowa caucuses simply won’t die
The Mormon issue has reared its unattractive head in Iowa.
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.
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.
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