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

RNS: Coptic Christian expatriates keep a wary eye on Egyptian elections
Abdel was born into a Muslim family in Egypt but embraced Christianity about 15 years ago. The decision eventually landed him in prison.
Post-Gazette: Christians in Iraq forced to flee terror, archbishop says
Seeking to show universal concern for religious freedom, the nation's Catholic bishops discussed Thursday federal government policies that they say redefine ministry, but also heard a plea from an Iraqi archbishop who said his country's Christians are being killed or forced to flee.
Central Asia Online: Pakistan, Kazakhstan 10th, 11th biggest source of emigrants
Kazakhstan was the 11th largest source of emigrants by number as of 2010, the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life found in a study released in March.
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.
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.
MSNBC: With tensions high in Mideast, evangelical Christians tighten embrace of Israel
Thousands of miles from their home in Seymour, Tenn., Scott and Theresa Johnson host Shabbat dinners in their Jerusalem apartment every Friday night for "lone soldiers" — as the young men and women who travel from foreign countries to serve in the Israeli army are known.
Jewish Chronicle: More than a quarter are 'wandering Jews'
Jews have been wandering ever since Moses led his people out of Egypt – and more than a quarter of the world’s Jewish population are still moving, according to a new study of migration trends.
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.
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.
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.
American Interest: A global Evangelical elite
Belatedly I have just read a report issued in June 2011 by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, an organization that has been producing interesting survey data about worldwide religion with astounding frequency.
Macleans: Infographic: Religious persecution around the world
Infographic on restrictions on religious freedoms around the world.
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.
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.
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