@JKayWardarski

Video Journalist/ @AP, Global Religion. Former Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Former Tulsa World. Arizona State University Alumn. Instagram: jkay_wardarski

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She voted for Trump every time. Then came cancer and the bills (from @AP's @Jesse_Bedayn ) apnews.com/article/trump-tal…

She voted for Trump every time. Then came cancer and the bills

Cindy Banda faces mounting medical bills after battling breast cancer. Despite the single mother's positive outlook, the financial strain combined with the high cost of living is overwhelming.

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New York's archdiocese and survivors of clergy abuse agree to $800 million legal settlement apnews.com/article/clergy-ab…

New York's archdiocese and survivors of clergy abuse agree to $800 million legal settlement

The Archdiocese of New York and attorneys for about 1,300 parishioners who say they were sexually abused by clergy have agreed to an $800 million settlement of their legal claims.

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At Cadillac Mountain, a missing Wabanaki marker and the fight over what national parks should tell (from @AP Rwligion Team's @JKayWardarski ) apnews.com/article/national-…

At Cadillac Mountain, a missing Wabanaki marker and the fight over what national parks should tell

Signs and exhibits about slavery, climate change, and Native Americans have been removed from national parks across the country as part of the Trump administration’s campaign to eliminate what it...

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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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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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Archbishop of the U.S. military says Catholic soldiers should not serve on firing squad apnews.com/article/catholic-…

Archbishop of the U.S. military says Catholic soldiers should not serve on firing squad

The archbishop who oversees Catholic pastoral services for the U.S. military is condemning the proposed livestream of Nidal Hasan's firing squad execution.

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Minnesota churches roiled by legal battle over ICE surveillance and right to protest (from @AP Religion Team's @GDellortoREM ) apnews.com/article/immigrati…

Minnesota churches roiled by legal battle over ICE surveillance and right to protest

Court cases involving Twin Cities churches and immigration enforcement highlight how the acrimonious debate continues to roil faith communities more than six months since the federal surge in...

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For these Midwest farmers, regenerative agriculture is about more than soil health. It's spiritual (text, photos, video from the @AP Religion Team's @JKayWardarski ) apnews.com/article/regenerat…

For these Midwest farmers, regenerative agriculture is about more than soil health. It's spiritual

A farmer in Minnesota has transformed a conventional farm using both formal agricultural education and the Indigenous wisdom he learned as a youth growing up in the Guatemalan rainforest.

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Need spiritual guidance? Gurus join chatbot trend as people turn to AI for answers (from @AP Religion Team's @reporterdeepa ) apnews.com/article/artificia…

Need spiritual guidance? Gurus join chatbot trend as people turn to AI for answers

An increasing number of spiritual seekers are finding that artificial intelligence is giving them non-judgmental access to spiritual insights.

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Supreme Court asked to review Texas law requiring the Ten Commandments in public schools apnews.com/article/ten-comma…

Supreme Court asked to review Texas law requiring the Ten Commandments in public schools

Civil rights advocates have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a Texas law requiring the state’s public schools to display the Ten Commandments.

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Ohio already has the oldest Mormon temple. Now it has one of the newest (from @AP Religion Team's @PG_PeterSmith with photos by @JKayWardarski ) apnews.com/article/mormon-te…

Ohio already has the oldest Mormon temple. Now it has one of the newest

The Cleveland region is home to the oldest temple in the Mormon movement — and its newest in the U.S.

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Eight years after deadliest antisemitic attack in US history, Tree of Life rabbi bids farewell (from @AP Religion Team's @PG_PeterSmith with visuals by @JKayWardarski ) apnews.com/article/tree-of-l…

This Pittsburgh rabbi led the Tree of Life through its darkest days. Now, he says goodbye

Rabbi Jeffrey Myers is retiring from Tree of Life Congregation in Pittsburgh, which he led through the aftermath of the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history.

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A breakaway group of traditionalist Catholics directly defied Pope Leo XIV by consecrating four bishops without his consent, dismissing the resulting excommunications by declaring it was a “sacred duty” to defend the Catholic faith. apnews.com/article/vatican-t…

Defying Pope Leo XIV, traditionalists go ahead with bishop consecrations in Switzerland

A breakaway group of traditionalist Catholics has directly defied Pope Leo XIV by consecrating four bishops without his consent. The Society of St.

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Southern Baptists elect new president who decried 'drift' in conservative denomination (from @AP Religion Team’s @PG_PeterSmith ) apnews.com/article/southern-…

Southern Baptists elect new president who decried 'drift' in conservative denomination

Southern Baptists elected a new leader who has decried a “decline and drift” within the denomination.

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BREAKING: Pope Leo XIV makes historic apology for Holy See's own role in legitimizing slavery and for failing to condemn it for centuries. apnews.com/article/pope-apol…

Pope Leo XIV makes historic apology for Vatican's role in legitimizing slavery

Pope Leo XIV has made a historic apology for the role the Holy See played in legitimizing slavery. Leo’s own family history includes both enslaved people and slave owners.

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Pope creates artificial intelligence study group as Vatican prepares to release his first encyclical (from @AP Religion Team’s @nwinfield ) apnews.com/article/vatican-a…

Pope creates artificial intelligence study group as Vatican prepares to release his first encyclical

Pope Leo XIV has created a study group on artificial intelligence in a sign of his ongoing concern about the technology.

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US-Mexico border wall construction is desecrating sacred sites, Indigenous leaders say apnews.com/article/border-wa…

US-Mexico border wall construction is desecrating sacred sites, Indigenous leaders say

Indigenous leaders say that federal contractors are desecrating sacred Native American places and cultural sites at an unprecedented pace in the rush to build more walls on the U.S.

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Shooting at San Diego mosque kills 3 men and both suspects are dead, police say apnews.com/article/san-diego…

Teenage gunmen open fire on San Diego mosque, killing 3 men and then themselves

Police say a shooting at a San Diego mosque has killed three men and both shooters are dead. San Diego's police chief says they're investigating the attack as a hate crime.

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Professional mourners mix tribal tradition with Kenya’s widespread Christianity apnews.com/article/kenya-pro…

Kenya’s professional mourners help grieving families and keep tradition alive

Loud and expressive mourners are common at funerals around the world — but in parts of Kenya, some of them may be paid workers.

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Thousands flock to the National Mall in Washington for an America-themed prayer rally (from @AP Religion Team’s @tifflstanley ) apnews.com/article/trump-red…

Thousands flocked to the National Mall in Washington for an America-themed prayer rally

Thousands of people have streamed onto the National Mall in Washington for a daylong prayer rally. The event Sunday is billed as a “rededication of our country as One Nation under God.”

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