TIFFANY STANLEY

Religion reporter and editor

Stanley is a reporter and editor on The Associated Press’ Global Religion team. She is based in Washington, D.C.

Takeaways from AP’s reporting on Sarah McBride, the first openly trans person elected to Congress

Sarah McBride made history in Delaware, as the first openly transgender state senator in the United States.

Trans trailblazer Sarah McBride navigates a brutal reception in Congress with grace

U.S. Rep.-elect Sarah McBride will be sworn in as the first openly transgender member of Congress on Jan. 3.

Catholic bishops urged to boldly share church teachings — even unpopular ones

Several U.S. Catholic bishops on Wednesday encouraged the church to boldly share Vatican teachings on a range of hot-button issues, including the condemnation of abortion, euthanasia, surrogacy and gender-affirming surgery.

As US Catholic bishops meet, Trump looms over their work on abortion and immigration

As U.S. Catholic bishops gather for their annual fall meeting this week in Baltimore, the specter of President-elect Donald Trump’s resounding victory hangs over the proceedings.

Evangelicals emerge as a potent lobby for US support of Ukraine

Ukrainian evangelicals are lobbying their American counterparts for continued support of their homeland in its war with Russia.

Takeaways from AP’s report on the evangelicals backing Kamala Harris

Donald Trump has received strong support from white evangelical Protestants in his presidential bids.

These evangelicals are voting their values — by backing Kamala Harris

Donald Trump has received strong support from white evangelical Protestants in his presidential bids.

How a small group of nuns in rural Kansas vex big companies with their investment activism

Among corporate America’s most persistent shareholder activists are 80 nuns in a monastery outside Kansas City. The Benedictine sisters of Mount St.

What are maternity homes? Their legacy is checkered

There has been a nationwide expansion of maternity homes in the two years since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and the federal right to abortion.

After the end of Roe, a new beginning for maternity homes

There has been a nationwide expansion of maternity homes in the two years since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and the federal right to abortion.

A court ruled embryos are children. These Christian couples agree yet wrestle with IVF choices

When faced with infertility, Christians who believe life begins at or around conception must wrestle with weighty questions: How do you build a family in a way that conforms with your beliefs?

Conservative Christians praise Trump’s anti-abortion record but say he’s stopped short of the goal

For conservative, anti-abortion Christians, former President Donald Trump delivered in four years what no other Republican before him had been able to do.

US Jews upset with Trump’s latest rhetoric say he doesn’t get to tell them how to be Jewish

Many Jewish faith leaders and commentators are decrying what they say are inflammatory remarks by Donald Trump.

Victims of Catholic nuns rely on each other after being overlooked in the clergy sex abuse crisis

The sexual abuse of children by Catholic sisters and nuns has been overshadowed by far more common reports of male clergy abuse.

Chief justice’s Christian reasoning in IVF opinion sparks alarm over church-state separation

When the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos are considered children under state law, its chief justice had a higher authority in mind.

Antisemitism and safety fears surge among US Jews, survey finds

Nearly two-thirds of American Jews feel less secure in the U.S. than they did a year ago. That’s according to the latest annual survey from the American Jewish Committee.

On Super Bowl broadcast, ‘He Gets Us’ ads featuring Jesus stand out for change-of-pace message

For the second year in a row, a religious Super Bowl ad campaign promised viewers that Jesus “gets us.”

In the US, Black survivors are nearly invisible in the Catholic clergy sexual abuse crisis

Black survivors have been nearly invisible in the Catholic Church sexual abuse crisis — even in Baltimore, home to a historic Black Catholic community.

Ousted Texas bishop rallies outside US bishops meeting as his peers reinforce Catholic voter values

U.S. bishops inside a Baltimore hotel approved materials on how Catholics should vote in 2024 elections.

US Catholic bishops meet; leaders call for unity and peace amid internal strife and global conflict

Catholic leaders called for peace in a war-torn world and unity amid strife within their own ranks as U.S. bishops gather in Baltimore.

Can South Carolina’s Haley and Scott woo the GOP’s white evangelical base away from Trump?

South Carolina Republicans Nikki Haley and Tim Scott once were allies and now they’re rivals in the race to be the next president.

Adidas is donating Yeezy sales to anti-hate groups. US Jews say it’s making best of bad situation

Last October, sportswear giant Adidas cut ties with Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, due to his antisemitic comments.

Crowded GOP field vies for the Christian Zionist vote as Israel’s rightward shift spurs protests

Republican presidential hopefuls made their pitches to Christian Zionists at the annual Christians United for Israel summit in suburban Washington, D.C.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis woos GOP Christian voters but stays tight-lipped on his own Catholic faith

The presidential campaign of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is busy courting white evangelicals – a key voting bloc for the GOP.

Prominent NYC-based pastor and best-selling author Timothy Keller dies at 72

Timothy Keller, a pastor and best-selling author who founded the influential Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City, has died at home after three-year bout with pancreatic cancer.