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October 15, 2026

Informing the Mind & Enriching the Soul

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IN THE NEWS

​Senate bill seeks to protect ministry student aid​

Legislation introduced in the U.S. Senate could allow students pursuing theological training for a religious vocation to receive federal tuition assistance. Sens. James Lankford (R-Okla.) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) filed the Religious Education Fairness...

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Sustainability award bearing Pope Leo's name spotlights his own environmental record​

Before the discovery of a lump on his lung required a sudden hospital stay, Pope Leo XIV was set to spend Tuesday (Oct. 13) amid budding plants inside the solar-paneled greenhouse of the papal gardens outside Rome. It was there Leo was...

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Cornell Catholic ministry calls on students to witness to faith amid university sexual assault case​

As Cornell University grapples with a high-profile sexual assault case, Catholic leaders on campus said they are responding with “prayer, pastoral care, and renewed commitment to the formation of Catholic students,” along with an 11-page...

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​Trump Doesn’t Believe China, Russia Helping Iran​

President Trump does not believe that China and Russia are helping Iran in its ongoing conflict against the United States. “I see so many comments from the Radical Left Morons and Lunatics that China and Russia are helping the...

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​US military archbishop urges Catholic soldiers to refuse involvement in Army firing squad execution​

Catholics serving in the Army should request to be excused from participating in the planned firing squad execution of a convicted Fort Hood mass shooter, which the Pentagon has proposed livestreaming, a prominent U.S. archbishop who oversees...



FROM FAITH ON VIEW

​Revisiting Trumpamentalism: What has staying cost people of faith?

A year and a half ago or so, I wrote an essay about something I called “Trumpamentalism.” I wasn’t really trying to invent another clever political insult. I was trying to describe something I recognized. I spent most of my early life around...

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Tammy Sue Bakker Apology Breaks Years Of Silence​

Tammy Sue Bakker’s apology marks a rare public statement from Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker’s daughter. She said she left her father’s ministry in 2022 because its message no longer reflected her own and admitted to years of estrangement from...


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COMMENTARY

​7 Phrases Christians Like to Say That Aren't Biblical​

We’ve all heard them—phrases that sound wise, insightful, and biblical. But are they really? First Corinthians 10:13 is one of the first verses I memorized as a new believer, and its truth has carried me through many a temptation: “No temptation...

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Where Does Mystery Fit in the World of Theology?​

There’s a caricature of theology (and confessional theologians) that suggests that there is no meaningful place for mystery in the Christian life. The goal of exploring Scripture is to come to a place of complete understanding or absolute certainty...

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We traveled to three states to report on church mergers: Here’s what we learned​

Pennsylvania. Oklahoma. And now, South Dakota. In the “Reunited” series, The Christian Chronicle traveled to three locations — a 3,400-mile triangle on a U.S. map — to report on Churches of Christ that split apart but later came back together...

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​The Voting Rights Act has taken two devastating blows. What comes next?​

Kristen Clarke was just weeks into her job as the NAACP’s top lawyer this spring when the Supreme Court’s conservative bloc dealt what she described as the second of two “devastating blows” to the 1965 Voting Rights Act...

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​Is Gavin Newsom Repeating the Billionaire Mistake That's Tearing France Apart?​

Three weeks from today, California voters will have their ballots tallied on Proposition 40 (and 41 and 42, which would negate 40) that will impose a one-time 5% tax on the assets — the wealth — of the state’s 200+ billionaires. The money...


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GOOD NEWS

​Barbie Honors Serena Williams with New Signature Doll to Serve Inspiration to Next Generation of Women

Barbie has released a signature edition doll of none other than tennis legend Serena Williams. The release came in tandem with news that Williams officially joined Team Barbie, a group of powerful female athletes and role models who inspire and uplift...

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Her Home Burned. Her Late Husband’s Basketball Hoop Didn’t. Now She’s Building Again​

Layla Hawkins had less than 10 minutes to pack up her cherished belongings before a wildfire on Jan. 7, 2025 took her beloved home of four decades. It left behind only a treasured basketball hoop that belonged to her late husband, Los Angeles...


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