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May 13, 2013 - National Catholic Reporter
Catholic Reporter: Report on global Muslims reveals similarities with Catholicism
It’s always fascinating for me to interview those of other faith traditions and sometimes discover similarities with Catholicism. And Islam certainly has some similarities.
May 07, 2013 - WBEZ 91.5 Chicago
WBEZ 91.5: Report surveys over 38,000 Muslims worldwide on political and personal beliefs
From 2008-2012, the Pew Research Center surveyed over 38,000 Muslims around the world about their personal and political beliefs.
May 01, 2013 - The Atlantic
Atlantic: What Muslims around the world think about women's rights, in charts
We often talk about "the Islamic world," or the "Muslim community," but sometimes it takes being smacked with an enormous, amazing data dump to remind us that Muslims are actually an incredibly diverse group -- if you can call them a group -- who adhere to views that are informed by their cultural and political context as much as their religion.
May 01, 2013 - USA Today
USA Today: Report: Muslims back Islamic law, disagree on meaning
Devotion to Islam shapes the lives of most Muslims but their views on democracy, religious law known as sharia, and family life are varied, a new study finds.
April 30, 2013 - The Guardian
Guardian: US Muslim opposition to suicide bombing revealed in extensive study

Muslims in the US are generally more opposed to suicide bombings than their co-religionists round the world, according to a new report by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life published Tuesday.

 

April 30, 2013 - Reuters
Reuters: World wide Muslim Pew survey shows majority want sharia but disagree on what to include, survey
Large majorities in the Muslim world want the Islamic legal and moral code of sharia as the official law in their countries, but they disagree on what it includes and who should be subject to it, an extensive new survey says.
April 30, 2013 - Los Angeles Times
LA Times: Survey: Many Muslims want sharia, but differ on what that means
In Afghanistan, Iraq and many other countries across the globe, most Muslims support making sharia, or Islamic law, the official law of the land, according to a sweeping survey released Tuesday by the Pew Research Center.
April 23, 2013 - CNN
CNN: Survey: Muslims in North Caucasus concerned about ‘extremism’ within their faith
A majority of Muslims (57%) in Russia’s North Caucasus – including Chechnya, Dagestan and five other Russian jurisdictions – are either “very concerned” or “somewhat concerned” about religious extremist groups in their country, according to a Pew Research Center survey.
April 03, 2013 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Post-Gazette: Pope Francis, a pleasant surprise
Many American Roman Catholics would like to see their church change.
April 03, 2013 - CBS
CBS: Dolan: Pope Francis "a shot in the arm" for Catholic Church
Cardinal Timothy Dolan discusses the recent installation of Pope Francis and what the new papacy means for the Catholic Church and its future.
April 03, 2013 - AFP
AFP: New pope wins over US Catholics: poll
His papacy has hardly begun, but 84 percent of Roman Catholics in the United States have a favorable view of Pope Francis, according to a Pew Research Center poll released Wednesday.
April 01, 2013 - National Post
National Post: Graphic: Christianity then and now
More than 30% of the world’s population — 2.2 billion people — are Christian, according to a major religious survey.
March 11, 2013 - The Los Angeles Times
LA Times: Roman Catholic Church feels Europe slipping from its hands
The timing said it all.
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 - Reuters
Reuters: Sex, power scandals to loom over Vatican pre-vote talks
The sex and power scandals haunting the Catholic Church look set to play a big role in meetings before next month's papal election after two senior cardinals called on Tuesday for more internal debate about them.
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 - NPR
NPR: Catholic Church at crossroads: demographics, social issues pose challenges
When Pope Benedict XVI said he was stepping down, he broke a tradition that had been in place since 1415.
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 - Religion News Service
RNS: Benedict XVI’s poll numbers can’t match John Paul II’s
Pope Benedict XVI never inspired the deep love and admiration enjoyed by his predecessor, Pope John Paul II, but Americans – and American Catholics even more so – still look favorably upon the soon-to-be-former head of the Roman Catholic Church.
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.
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