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Romney faces queries on faith

By Bobby Caina Calvan

 |  Globe Staff  

  January 14, 2012

The event here was to focus on veterans and patriotism, but one woman who came to see Mitt Romney this evening wanted to ask him a personal question, she said. “Do you believe in the divine saving grace of Jesus Christ?” Murmurs went through the packed room, before Romney, a Mormon, responded: “Yes I do.” In South Carolina, where Christian evangelicals could influence the outcome of the Jan. 21 presidential primary here, the question could be one Romney will have to confront many more times on the campaign trail.

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