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Ann Romney Says Mormon Faith Should Not Be an Issue In Presidential Campaign

By UCN on May 12, 2012 4:55 PM

Wife of Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, Ann Romney (2R) listens as Mitt Romney delivers the commencement address at Arthur L. Williams Stadium on the campus of Liberty University on May 12, 2012 in Lynchburg, Virginia. (Jared Soares/Getty Images North America)

Ann Romney said Friday that she hoped people wouldn't make their family's Mormon faith an issue in the presidential campaign.

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Richard Land: Media Will Make Big Issue of Romney's Faith In General Election

By UCN on April 11, 2012 3:27 PM

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney holds a town hall-style campaign event at RC Fabricators April 10, 2012 in Wilmington, Delaware. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images North America)

A top evangelical leader who is close to Mitt Romney's presidential campaign says the candidate's Mormon faith will be even more of an issue in the general election than it has been in the primary, predicting that the focus on Romney's faith will present a challenge to Romney.

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Republican Senator Suggests Democrats Might Attack Romney's Mormon Faith

By UCN on April 5, 2012 11:36 AM

Democratic leaders on Wednesday dismissed Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch's warning to supporters that Democrats might attack the Mormon faith of Mitt Romney during the presidential campaign.

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Mitt Romney Gets Short with Ron Paul Supporter Over Question About His Mormon Faith

By UCN on April 2, 2012 4:45 PM

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks during a campaign rally NuVasive, Inc. on March 26, 2012 in San Diego, California. (Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images North America)

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney faced a tough question about his Mormon faith while campaigning for Tuesday's Wisconsin primary.

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Michigan Pastor, Supporter of Santorum Says Mitt Romney Is Not a Christian

By UCN on February 28, 2012 3:33 AM

A Michigan pastor who introduced Rick Santorum at a Monday campaign event in Lansing claimed that Mitt Romney is not a Christian and said Santorum is the one Republican candidate who can awaken "the sleeping giant" of Christianity.

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Sen. Marco Rubio Was Baptized Into Mormon Church, Does His Past Faith Matter?

By UCN on February 24, 2012 7:47 AM

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) delivers a speech titled, "Is America Still an Exceptional Nation?" during the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) February 9, 2012 in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Getty Images North America)

BuzzFeed broke the story Thursday morning -- Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), an outspoken Catholic, was for a few short years of his life a Mormon.

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Many Hispanic Mormons Don't Have Mitt Romney's Back

By UCN on February 20, 2012 9:04 AM

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney waves to the crowd at a Get out the Vote Rally February 13, 2012 in Mesa, Arizona. (Eric Thayer/Getty Images North America)

When Honduran-born Antonella Cecilia Packard converted to the Mormon Faith 20 years ago, she said it was like "coming home."

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Mormon Church Apologizes After Elie Wiesel Calls On Mitt Romney to Make Them Stop Baptizing Jewish Holocaust Victims

By UCN on February 15, 2012 5:28 AM

Author Elie Wiesel attends the 3rd Annual Norman Mailer Center Gala at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel on November 8, 2011 in New York City. (Henry S. Dziekan III/Getty Images North America)

Nobel-laureate Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel and a top official from the Simon Wiesenthal Center said Tuesday that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney should use his stature in the Mormon Church to block its members from posthumously baptizing Jewish victims of the Holocaust.

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Mormon Church Has Mixed Feelings About Romney's Candidacy

By UCN on February 4, 2012 2:43 AM

Mitt Romney supporters attend a rally in Columbia, S.C. Romney's position on the verge of the GOP presidential nomination is one element of what has been called the Mormon Moment. (Justin Sullivan / Getty Images / January 11, 2012)

His presidential candidacy could be a breakthrough 'JFK moment for Mormons,' but it could also stir up more negative publicity for the church.

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Romney Expounds on Mormon Beliefs In Call with Conservatives

By UCN on January 27, 2012 6:40 AM

Mitt Romney spoke to core Mormon beliefs on a Wednesday call with conservatives.

In a recent conference call with conservatives across the country, Mitt Romney expounded upon subjects he usually doesn't talk much about: Jesus and eternity.

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