According to an annual CNS poll, the top "religious news stories" of 2009 concerned the following topics...
* healthcare reform
* "the continued effects of the recession on the U.S. and global economy"
* the Obama-Notre Dame scandal
* Pope Benedict's recent encyclical
* the Apostolic Visitation of U.S. female religious
"Top newsmakers" were...
* Pope Benedict XVI ("the clear winner this year")
* President Obama
* Ted Kennedy
* Sonia Sotomayor
* Archbishop Dolan
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