R series in parallel?

Very strange thing happened yesterday. In our french class, each of us had to read an article in french and bring it to class. What I noted was that out of 20 of us, I can bet more than 11 had an article that was connected to religion in some way. Mostly, the topics revolved around iraq, iraqis, muslims, acts of extremism, pope's health! Really really surprising. I was so wronged in assuming that religion is not on top of the things for people. Of course, I did have questions for them once each one finished their summary. Any guesses on my article?..err..well, as usual, I never did my devoir :d
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