David Crary

Pandemic, border crackdown hamper Catholics’ aid to migrants

NOGALES, Mexico – For years, Catholic-led, U.S.-based nonprofits have been at the forefront of efforts to support migrants and asylum-seekers along the Mexican border. Tough new border polic...

Church membership in U.S. plummets over past 20 years

NEW YORK – The percentage of U.S. adults who belong to a church or other religious institution has plunged by 20 percentage points over the past two decades, hitting a low of 50% last year, ...

Voters open to candidates who aren’t very religious

But many see a role for religion in public life

In rural Colorado, outreach aims to reduce suicides

In many Western Slope counties, guns used 60 percent of time