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A cross is pictured atop Our Lady Star of the Sea Church in Solomons, Md., Aug. 26, 2021. (OSV News/Bob Roller)

Is religion's power on its way back in the USA? A growing number of Americans say yes.

Pope Leo XIV is seen in a video clip meeting with members of the board of Ending Clergy Abuse, a coalition of survivors and human rights advocates working to end clergy abuse, enforce accountability and promote justice and truth, during an audience in the library of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican Oct. 20, 2025. Also present is Pedro Salinas, a Peruvian journalist and abuse survivor. (CNS/screengrab from Vatican Media video)

Pope Leo meets with coalition of survivors of clergy abuse

Believers watch the canonization ceremony of José Gregorio Hernández and Mother Carmen Rendiles Martínez by Pope Leo XIV during an event to celebrate Venezuela's first saints at a square in Caracas, Venezuela, Oct. 19, 2025. (AP/Ariana Cubillos)

Pope gives Venezuela reason to celebrate by canonizing beloved 'doctor of the poor'

Protesters gather to denounce policies of President Donald Trump's that they describe as authoritarian during a "No Kings" rally in Miller Place, N.Y., Oct. 18, 2025. Similar demonstrations took place throughout the day in cities and towns across the nation, drawing millions of participants, according to media reports. (OSV News/Gregory A. Shemitz)

New York faith leaders join 'No Kings' march against Trump administration agenda