Fiona André

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Sep 13, 2025

Most US Catholics approve of Pope Leo but know little about him, Pew survey finds

Eight out of 10 American Catholics said they had a favorable opinion of Leo, including 37% who said their opinion was "very favorable."

Sep 10, 2025

Department of War quotes Bible on social media. Some link it to Christian nationalism.

"Those verses were not about the United States military," said Brian Kaylor, a Baptist minister and author. "They weren't really even about any imperial military force, and quite the opposite."

A bronze statue of the archangel Gabriel blowing a trumpet stands atop the Cathedral of St. John the Divine as the sun rises in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of the borough of Manhattan in New York March 26, 2023. (RNS/AP/Ted Shaffrey, File)

Jul 13, 2025

NY's Episcopal Diocese launches $1M racial reparations fund

"New York was the center of the slave trade in the United States," said Boshop Matthew Heyd of the Episcopal Diocese of New York. "That evil is part of the fabric of the diocese, and we're trying to repair this fabric."

Signage at St. John's University in Queens, N.Y. (Wikimedia Commons/StJohnHall, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Jun 03, 2025

St. John's University partnership with US border protection divides campus

A partnership between St. John's University in Queens, New York, and United States Customs and Border Protection to inaugurate an immigration enforcement training center has sparked tensions among the university community.

The sky is orange behind the U.S. Capitol dome with American flags flying around it

Oct 27, 2023

Poll: More religious Americans support the use of political violence

Support for political violence and concern over the state of American democracy are both on the rise, with 75% of Americans believing the future of democracy is at risk in the next presidential election, according to a report released Oct. 25 by the Public Religion Research Institute and the Brookings Institution.