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Cathy Lynn Grossman

Cathy Lynn Grossman is a senior national correspondent for Religion News Service, specializing in stories drawn from research and statistics on religion, spirituality and ethics, and manager for social media.

New online atlas ‘heat-maps’ views on abortion, gay marriage, immigration

Anyone from politicians to scholars to the simply curious can now see just how deeply the nation is divided on abortion or same-sex marriage — and discover there’s significant consensus on immigration — with a new online mapping tool.

Losing their religion: More women join the unspiritual set

Surveys have long shown women lead more active lives of faith than men, and that millennials are less interested than earlier generations. One in three now claim no religious identity.

Obama’s God talk ‘doesn’t stand a chance’ in a polarized America

The back-to-back controversies raise the question: Can Obama — or any president — walk the tightrope of religious rhetoric in today’s political crosswinds?

‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ gets black marks from bishops, pastors

(RNS) The film adaptation of “Fifty Shades of Grey,” which openend in theaters next this weekend, has movie morality guardians armed and heading for battle.

What’s God got to do with football devotion? Plenty

Did God lift Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson’s overtime pass into the end zone on Sunday, rewarding the prayerful Christian player with a championship victory and a trip to the Super Bowl?

Freedom of the press trumps respect for religion in a new survey

Most Americans who know about the deadly attack on the Paris headquarters of the satirical Charlie Hebdo magazine say it’s OK that the weekly featured cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.

Science vs. religion? There’s actually more of a three-way split

Meet the “Post-Seculars” — the one in five Americans who seem to have gone unnoticed before in endless rounds of debates pitting science vs. religion.

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