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David Crary @CraryAP

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

Joined October 2009
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Tens of thousands join Pride marches in Romania, Bulgaria to call for equality #LGBTQ apnews.com/article/romania-b…

Tens of thousands join Pride marches in Romania, Bulgaria to call for equality

Tens of thousands of LGBTQ supporters march in Romania and Bulgaria for annual pride parades. The events on Saturday highlight rising opposition from conservative groups in these Orthodox Christian...

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Trump's name is gone from the Kennedy Center's facade, according to a top official at the arts venue apnews.com/article/trump-nam…

Trump's name is gone from the Kennedy Center's facade, according to a top official at the arts venue

The letters spelling out President Donald Trump’s name on the facade of Kennedy Center are now gone.

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Workers begin removing Trump's name from the Kennedy Center, hours after a court-ordered deadline apnews.com/article/trump-nam…

Trump's name is gone from the Kennedy Center's facade, according to a top official at the arts venue

The letters spelling out President Donald Trump’s name on the facade of Kennedy Center are now gone.

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Australia embraces immigrants on World Cup squad with message that soccer is for everyone apnews.com/article/world-cup…

Australia embraces immigrants on World Cup squad with message that soccer is for everyone

Australia is celebrating the immigrants on its the squad ahead of the team's opening World Cup match. The message is simple: Soccer is for everyone.

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A Bosnian song about disillusionment with the American Dream becomes a World Cup banger apnews.com/article/bosnia-wo…

A Bosnian song about disillusionment with the American Dream becomes a World Cup banger

The opening lyrics couldn’t be plainer: “I am from Bosnia; take me to America.” But by rewriting their classic “USA,” the Bosnian band Dubioza Kolektiv has transformed a song about disillusionment...

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A viral photo of Pope Leo XIV and a Barcelona boy sparked an emotional search for his family (magical photo by @AP's @EmilioMorenatti and beautiful text by @GDellortoREM ) apnews.com/article/pope-leo-…

A viral photo of Pope Leo XIV and a Barcelona boy sparked an emotional search for his family

Pope Leo XIV shared a touching moment with a 7-year-old boy, captured by AP photographer Emilio Morenatti.

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Patagonia is suing Pattie Gonia, a drag queen performer with an environmental message apnews.com/article/patagonia…

Patagonia is suing Pattie Gonia, a drag queen performer with an environmental message

Patagonia the clothing brand is suing Pattie Gonia the drag queen for $1. The central question is whether Pattie Gonia, who filed for a trademark last year, can sell clothing and other merchandise...

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Niger military junta introduces new penal code criminalizing homosexuality with 5-10 years in prison #LGBTQ apnews.com/article/niger-hom…

Niger military junta introduces new penal code criminalizing homosexuality with 5-10 years in prison

Niger's military junta has introduced a new penal code that criminalizes homosexuality. An adviser to the justice minister confirmed on Friday that the law took effect on Thursday.

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As UFOs go mainstream, the jury is out on what the existence of alien life might mean for religion (From @AP Religion Team's @Krysta_Fauria ) apnews.com/article/ufo-relig…

As UFOs go mainstream, the jury is out on what the existence of alien life might mean for religion

Steven Spielberg's new film “Disclosure Day” explores extraterrestrial life and its impact on religion. UFOs, now also called UAPs, are gaining mainstream attention.

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Pope tells traffickers of migrants in the Canary Islands: Stop, repent or face God's wrath (from @AP Religion Team's @nwinfield ) apnews.com/article/spain-pop…

Pope tells traffickers of migrants in the Canary Islands: Stop, repent or face God's wrath

Pope Leo XIV is warning human traffickers that they will face God’s wrath for exploiting the desperation of migrants.

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US Catholic bishops consecrate the nation to the Sacred Heart at gathering in Orlando (from @AP Religion Teams @PG_PeterSmith ) apnews.com/article/us-cathol…

US Catholic bishops consecrated nation to the Sacred Heart at gathering in Orlando

U.S. Catholic bishops have consecrated the nation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, marking the country's 250th anniversary.

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Haiti's World Cup jersey deemed too political, echoing censure of its Winter Olympic uniform apnews.com/article/haiti-wor…

Haiti's World Cup jersey deemed too political, echoing censure of its Winter Olympic uniform

Haiti has been forced to change the design of its World Cup jersey after FIFA deemed it too political.

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Pope visiting 'dock of shame' in Canary Islands where migrants slept in squalor (from @AP Religion Team’s @nwinfield ) apnews.com/article/spain-pop…

Pope visiting 'dock of shame' in Canary Islands where migrants slept in squalor

Pope Leo XIV traveled to the Canary Islands to draw attention to the plight of migrants who risk their lives every year trying to reach Europe.

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Amnesty accuses Israel's government of 'ethnic cleansing' of Palestinians from the West Bank apnews.com/article/israel-we…

Amnesty accuses Israel's government of 'ethnic cleansing' of Palestinians from the West Bank

Amnesty International has accused Israel of carrying out a campaign of “ethnic cleansing” of Palestinians from the occupied West Bank.

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Arizona women's basketball coach Becky Burke responds to criticism for pregnancy announcement #LGBTQ apnews.com/article/becky-bur…

Arizona women's basketball coach Becky Burke responds to criticism for pregnancy announcement

Arizona women’s basketball coach Becky Burke has responded to hateful comments after she announced her wife’s pregnancy on social media.

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Canada seeks to ban social media accounts for children under 16, joining growing global effort apnews.com/article/canada-so…

Canada seeks to ban social media accounts for children under 16, joining growing global effort

Canada has introduced legislation that could bar children younger than 16 from possessing social media accounts, joining a growing global effort to tighten safety protections.

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Trump has a new, surprising take on the higher cost of living: 'I love the inflation' apnews.com/article/trump-lov…

Trump has a new, surprising take on the higher cost of living: 'I love the inflation'

President Donald Trump has a surprising take on a new report that shows inflation spiking to its highest level in three years.

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Southern Baptists vote to advance a formal ban on churches with women pastors (from @AP religion Team's @PG_PeterSmith ) apnews.com/article/southern-…

Southern Baptists vote to advance a formal ban on churches with women pastors

Thousands of Southern Baptists have voted overwhelmingly to advance a formal ban on churches with women pastors in the nation’s largest conservative evangelical denomination.

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A Pentagon list overhaul puts Mormon church’s Christian identity back in the spotlight (from @AP Religion Team’s @reporterdeepa ) apnews.com/article/latter-da…

A Pentagon list overhaul puts Mormon church’s Christian identity back in the spotlight

The Pentagon’s recent revision to its list of Christian religions has reignited a long-standing debate about whether The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a Christian denomination.

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Pope honors Barcelona's sacred monuments on death centenary of Sagrada Familia designer Gaudí apnews.com/article/spain-pop…

Pope honors Barcelona's sacred monuments on death centenary of Sagrada Familia designer Gaudí

Pope Leo XIV is honoring two of Barcelona’s most sacred monuments. On Wednesday he is celebrating a noontime prayer at a mountain-top abbey and an evening Mass at the famed Sagrada Familia Basilica.

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