@CraryAP

Religion news director for Associated Press. Past postings; Nairobi, Johannesburg, Paris, Sarajevo, Toronto. Plus covering LGBTQ and repro-rights in US.

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Israeli forces detain and then release US congressional candidate at West Bank harvest apnews.com/article/brad-land…

Israeli forces detain and then release US congressional candidate at West Bank harvest

Israeli forces have detained Democratic congressional candidate Brad Lander as he helped Palestinian farmers harvest olives in the West Bank.

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Pope Leo’s doctors say tests show he needs no further treatment for lung cancer apnews.com/article/pope-leo-…

Pope Leo’s doctors say tests show he needs no further treatment for lung cancer

Doctors have confirmed that Pope Leo's lung cancer was localized, and no further treatment is needed. The Vatican announced this on Wednesday.

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Supreme Court rebuffs Trump administration restrictions on medical care for transgender inmates #LGBTQ apnews.com/article/supreme-c…

Supreme Court rebuffs Trump administration restrictions on medical care for transgender inmates

The Supreme Court has rejected a Trump administration appeal seeking to immediately enforce medical care restrictions for transgender people in prison.

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Pope Leo's alma mater Villanova traveling to Rome for hoops doubleheader vs. Notre Dame (from @AP's @AndrewDampf ) apnews.com/article/villanova…

Pope Leo's alma mater Villanova traveling to Rome for hoops doubleheader vs. Notre Dame

Villanova and Notre Dame's men's and women's teams are set to play a doubleheader in Rome on November 1, marking the start of the college basketball season.

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Taxpayers are funding private school tuition. It's helping classical Christian schools expand (An important story by @AP Religion Team's @tifflstanley ) apnews.com/projects/privatiz…

Taxpayers are funding private school tuition. It's helping classical Christian schools expand

Conservatives are banding together to grow classical Christian schools by leveraging new school choice programs.

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Celebrity exorcist priest to take one-year 'media fast' after meeting with Denver archbishop (from @AP Religion Team’s @reporterdeepa ) apnews.com/article/catholic-…

Celebrity exorcist priest to take one-year 'media fast' after meeting with Denver archbishop

A prominent Catholic exorcist in Denver is pausing public speaking and interviews at the request of his archbishop. The Rev.

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Ramaswamy takes responsibility for ad with Amy Acton’s mother and will spend millions to promote it during home stretch of Ohio governor campaign. apnews.com/article/election-…

Ramaswamy takes responsibility for ad with Amy Acton’s mother and will spend millions to promote it

Republican Vivek Ramaswamy’s team has confirmed that it produced a controversial advertisement featuring the estranged mother of Amy Acton.

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Faith leaders unite across religions to counter voter intimidation on Election Day (from @AP Religion Team's @reporterdeepa ) apnews.com/article/2026-midt…

Faith leaders unite across religions to counter voter intimidation on Election Day

Poll chaplains and lay peacekeepers have maintained a calm presence over the last few election cycles.

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Alberta rejects a move toward independence from Canada in a victory for Carney apnews.com/article/alberta-c…

Alberta rejects a move toward independence from Canada in a victory for Carney

Voters in Alberta have overwhelmingly backed remaining in Canada, with four-fifths of votes counted showing 75% support for staying. This result boosts Prime Minister Mark Carney’s push for national...

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What to know about Kenya's starvation cult after its leader is convicted on 191 murder charges apnews.com/article/kenya-sta…

What to know about Kenya's starvation cult after its leader is convicted on 191 murder charges

A Kenyan pastor has been convicted on 191 murder charges after forcing his followers to starve their children and themselves to death.

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Pope Leo XIV urges humanitarian cooperation between Ukraine and Russia during call with Zelenskyy apnews.com/article/vatican-p…

Pope Leo XIV urges humanitarian cooperation between Ukraine and Russia during call with Zelenskyy

Pope Leo XIV has spoken by phone with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Leo urged cooperation with Russia to allow humanitarian aid into Oleshky in Ukraine’s Kherson region and the safe...

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Albertans vote on path to independence as Carney fights to keep Canada united apnews.com/article/canada-ca…

Albertans vote on path to independence as Carney fights to keep Canada united

Voters in Canada’s oil-rich Alberta province will decide Monday whether to begin a process that could lead to independence, testing national unity.

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Pope Leo tells faithful in St. Peter's Square he will gradually resume duties after cancer surgery apnews.com/article/vatican-p…

Pope Leo tells faithful in St. Peter's Square he will gradually resume duties after cancer surgery

Pope Leo XIV has thanked the faithful in St. Peter’s Square for their prayers after his hospitalization for lung surgery.

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Masked settlers attack European diplomats in the occupied West Bank apnews.com/article/west-bank…

Masked settlers attack European diplomats in the occupied West Bank

Masked settlers have attacked a group of European diplomats in the occupied West Bank, Belgium’s foreign minister says.

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A bitter Michigan Senate race rattles Jewish and Muslim voters already on edge over the war in Gaza (from @AP’s @Cappelletti7 ) apnews.com/article/rogers-el…

A bitter Michigan Senate race rattles Jewish and Muslim voters already on edge over the war in Gaza

Michigan’s closely contested Senate race has become deeply personal for some voters. In Detroit’s suburbs, Jewish Democrats are questioning whether they can support Democrat Abdul El-Sayed who'd be...

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America's politically divided Jewish community braces for Israel's elections (from @AP Religion Team’s @GDellortoREM ) apnews.com/article/israel-ne…

America's politically divided Jewish community braces for Israel's elections

Jewish Americans feel they have a lot at stake in the upcoming elections in Israel as three years of Mideast conflicts rile up emotions across the United States, from street protests to the midterm...

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Vatican says Pope Leo to be released from the hospital Saturday, 4 days after lung cancer surgery apnews.com/article/pope-leo-…

Vatican says Pope Leo to be released from the hospital Saturday, 4 days after lung cancer surgery

Pope Leo XIV is being released from the hospital on Saturday after lung cancer surgery, the Vatican announced.

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An American pope brings American-style governance to the Vatican, even in a health crisis (from @AP Religion Team’s @nwinfield ) apnews.com/article/vatican-p…

An American pope brings American-style governance to the Vatican, even in a health crisis

Pope Leo XIV has brought an American style of governing to the Vatican, including in the way it handles health crises.

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Community leaders say foiled Illinois mass shooting was result of surge in anti-Hindu hate online apnews.com/article/hindu-sou…

Community leaders say foiled Illinois mass shooting was result of surge in anti-Hindu hate online

Authorities have arrested a 19-year-old man on suspicion of attempting a mass shooting at a Hindu temple in Aurora, Illinois.

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Community leaders say foiled Illinois mass shooting was result of surge in anti-Hindu hate online (from @AP Religion Team’s @reporterdeepa ) apnews.com/article/hindu-sou…

Community leaders say foiled Illinois mass shooting was result of surge in anti-Hindu hate online

Authorities have arrested a 19-year-old man on suspicion of attempting a mass shooting at a Hindu temple in Aurora, Illinois.

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