Holly Meyer
@HollyAMeyer
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News editor on @AP's Global Religion team and RNA board member.
Nashville
Joined May 2010
Joyful Day of the Dead commemorations rally US Latino communities despite immigration raid fears (from @AP Religion Team's @GDellortoREM )
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Day of the Dead commemorations in early November are a crucial religious, family and community celebration for most Mexicans and many other Latin Americans.
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Is America having a "forgiveness moment" after #ErikaKirk's words at Charlie Kirk's memorial? I spoke with people of faith and #trauma survivors about this complex subject and if this is a blip or a conversation with staying power in a polarized nation:
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Erika Kirk, the widow of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, has sparked a conversation about forgiveness after forgiving the man accused of assassinating her husband.
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Undergarment upgrades bring many Mormon women comfort and joy (from @AP's @H_Schoenbaum @HollyAMeyer and @reporterdeepa )
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New sleeveless sacred undergarments for members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are now available in the U.S., exciting many women in the faith.
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Immigration crackdown stokes fear and solidarity at a Catholic church in DC (powerful story from @AP Religion Team's @LuisAndresHenao @tifflstanley @JKayWardarski )
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The Shrine of the Sacred Heart, a Catholic church a short drive from the White House, was intended to be a sanctuary for worshippers.
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Dallin H. Oaks, a former Utah Supreme Court justice known for his jurist sensibilities and traditionalist convictions on marriage, is expected to be the next president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. For @AP w/ @meadgruver, @HollyAMeyer
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Dallin H. Oaks, a former Utah Supreme Court justice, is expected to become the next president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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Pastor Doug Wilson’s fringe teachings go mainstream in Trump’s Washington (from @AP Religion Team’s @tifflstanley) https://t.co/iQnjraNGR0
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Doug Wilson was once a fringe pastor in Idaho and is now a significant voice in the Christian right.
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A wildly popular 15-year-old computer whiz is becoming the Catholic Church's first millennial saint. Students at a Chicago school are elated. (from @AP Religion Team's @jkaywardarski and @nwinfield ) https://t.co/35N4PV5dQR
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Pope Leo XIV will preside over his first canonization ceremony Sunday to create the first millennial saint.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says he’s proud to be part of the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches. https://t.co/onsMHbh8Yl
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has expressed pride in being part of the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches, a conservative Christian network.
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Dayton, Tenn., wanted publicity from the Scopes trial. But media coverage of it and the "Inherit the Wind" movie, left many to think it was full of uneducated, strident Christian fundamentalists. Dayton folks have been trying to correct the record.
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A small town in Tennessee courted national publicity a century ago when it recruited a local teacher to challenge a state law banning the teaching of evolution.
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A century after John Scopes was convicted of teaching evolution, the debate on religion in schools rages (From @AP Religion Team's @HollyAMeyer )
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The 1925 Scopes “Monkey Trial” in Tennessee, where a teacher was prosecuted for teaching evolution, continues to influence debates on religion in public schools.
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Majority of US adults support religious chaplains in public schools, a new AP-NORC poll shows (from @AP’s @HollyAMeyer and @ameliatd ) https://t.co/GEURg7ABTe
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A new poll finds few Americans support allowing religious schools to become tax-funded public charter schools.
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My grandmother used to take us to hear Sacred Harp. It's not something you forget. https://t.co/8p43tMLIKE
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First published in 1844, revisions of the shape-note hymnal make space for songs by living composers
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A wonderful gallery of photos by @JKayWardarski of Sacred Harp hymn singing at a Primitive Baptist church in Georgia. Sacred Harp hymnody always gives me chills (in a good way). https://t.co/LbInVc6Ql3
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BREMEN, Ga. (AP) — A Christian hymnal called “The Sacred Harp” is at the heart of a more than 180-year-old American singing tradition that is as much about the community as it is the music.
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Who are the Sacred Harp singers using a more than 180-year-old hymnal today (from @AP Religion Team’s @HollyAMeyer ) https://t.co/K2EEJgIZNY
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Have you every heard of shape-note singing? Or the hollow square? I teamed up with @JKayWardarski to tell the story of a passionate group of a cappella singers and why they're updating a Christian hymnal from 1844. https://t.co/SCw4AyvCXH
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A new edition of “The Sacred Harp,” a Christian hymnal first published in 1844, is being released this year.
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So you saw 'Conclave' the movie. Here's what it got right – and wrong – about real-life conclaves (from @AP Religion Team's @HollyAMeyer )
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Speculation surrounding a conclave to elect a pope is a time-honored tradition. But for the impending conclave following the death of Pope Francis, the ranks of armchair Vatican experts have swelled...
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So you saw 'Conclave' the movie. Here's what it got right – and wrong – about real-life conclaves. By @HollyAMeyer https://t.co/j8cV1yCXIh
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Don’t miss the 76th annual @ReligionReport Religion News Association conference! I’ll be there — come say hi. Details: https://t.co/vPkCLGn0VQ
#RNAconference2025
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