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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.

U.S. churchgoers still sit in segregated pews, and most are OK with that

Sunday morning remains, as King once observed, the most segregated hour in America. And, against a backdrop of increased racial tensions, new research shows that most Americans are OK with that.

Faith and values in 2014: 10 telling numbers

Here are 10 telling numbers about religion and society that caught our eye.

We’re awestruck about Earth, unsure about global warming

Most Americans say they feel a deep connection to the wider world. But all that spiritual stargazing makes no difference in views about the facts of climate change and global warming, a new survey finds.

Online, offline faith go hand in hand

God bless online media. Almost half of U.S. adults (46 percent) say they saw someone sharing “something about their faith” on the Internet in the last week.

Secularism grows as more U.S. Christians turn ‘churchless’

If you’re dismayed that one in five Americans (20 percent) are “nones” — people who claim no particular religious identity — brace yourself.

Religion loses clout: Why many say that’s a bad thing

(RNS) More Americans today say religion’s influence is losing ground just when they want it to play a stronger role in public life and politics.

Many church choirs are dying. Here’s why

The newly released National Congregations Study finds church choirs are on the downbeat in white Protestant churches across the theological spectrum.

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