KCIS Newsmakers Weekend

Missouri judge blocks most of Missouri's abortion restrictions...U-S Government attempts to acquire land from New Mexico Catholic Diocese...and Church of Scientology taking control of Florida city street.

Oklahoma pastor suspends U.S. Congressional campaign...study finds religion-related social hostilities increased worldwide in 2023...and religious faith at the World Cup. 

Federal judge puts on hold part of Idaho bathroom law...June is Nuclear Family month in California county...and authorities in India identify two pastors among several hostages found dead.

Major League Baseball warning about Pride Night display...and new Barna survey on American views of Humaniity and the Supernatural.

Push to classify abortion medication as water contaminant...Virginia church remembers person killed in Friday tent collapse...and Russia hitsUkraine religious site.

U.S. Department of Justice backing former WSU Football coach over Covid mandate...Pope wraps up Spain trip...and death sentence for four attackers of Nigerian Caotholic Church.

Pope Leo speaks on Jesus and war...Texas GOP leaders continue to push the abortion issue...and a resolution in a California county for "traditional nuclear family month".

Southern Baptists vote on women pastors...U.S. Catholic bishops gather tomorrw in Florida...and Cleveland Clinic to fund destransitioning care.

SPLC grilled on Capitol Hill...Pentagon makes revision on religion list...and Southern Baprtist delegates gather in Flordia.

Pope Leo speaks before the Spanish Parliatment...and the Department of Defense offcially announces its new list of recognized faith traditions.

 FDA moving forward with review of abortion pill...Illinois Catholic diocese appealing ruling over state employment law...and Southern Bapists annual convention gets underway next week.

A Minnesota city attorney's office won't charge protesters who interrupted a church service...Biola University acquiring Phoenix Seminary...and Wycliffe Bible Translators celebrates a milestone.

New Gallup poll shows drop for same-sex marriage support...thousands attend Franklin Graham event in Spain...and 100 Days of Prayer for Seattle is underway.

Texas attorney general suing city over LGBTQ+ event....Canadian Prime Minister announces new body to fight antisemitism...and archeological findings at Paris' Notre Dame Cathedral.

Appeals court rules on transgender troops in the military...hearing today in the Charlie Kirk murder case...and lawsuit filed over South Dakota abortion bill.

Nevada Supreme Court halts abortion law...Northern Ireland pastor appeals conviction for preaching in abortion clinic buffer zone...new attacks on Christian communities in Nigeria...and Egypt grants legal status to a number of new churches.

New survey on State of Theology in Canada...Vatican releases Pope Leo's encyclical on A-I....and some 1-point-7 million Muslims take part in the Hajj.

U-S House hearing on adding justices to the Supreme Court...reaction to prposed Senate hearing on U-S Muslim organizations...and a Texas board suspends nursing license of Camp Mystic's co-director.

An American missionary doctor has contracted Ebola...two men remain in jail in Illinois and Texas for secretly giving abortion pill...and a Montana man plans mental health defense for allegedly trying to attack on abortion provider.

San Diego mosque shooting update...Iowa governor signs abortion medication law...first openly homosexual U-S congressman dies...and historic Delaware church burns down.

Deadly mosque shooting in San Diego...judge holding hearing in Charlie Kirk assassination case...and Colorado Supreme Court orders a Children's hospital to restore "gender-affirming care" for minors.

Prayer gathering on the National Mall...Texas U-S Senator files legislation regarding Sharia law...and Indiana Supreme Court ruling on challenge to the state's abortion law.

U-S Supreme Court ruling on abortion drug...Trump says China's president is considering case of detained pastor...and labor union sues USDA over Easter email.

Colorado Senate passes college campus abortion bill...Pope Leo speaks out on AI-directed warfare...and all-day prayer festival set for the National Mall in Washington, D-C on Sunday.

U-S House committee holding hearing examining political Islam and Sharia law...FDA chief resigns...and archaeologists believe they've found remains of biblical Bethsaida.

GOP lawmakers file brief with the U-S Supreme Court, backing Louisiana regarding mail order abortion pills...more Israeli soldiers face jail time for desecration of another Christian object..and controversy over California's voter guide and antisemitism.

British Columbia giving midwives ability to prescribe abortion pill...Tech companies  seeking guidance from faith leaders to shape AI...and co-founder of Daystar Television Network dies. 

Today is the Natoinal Day of Prayer...U-S Secretary of State Rubio meets with Pope Leo...and new survey shows an uptick in church attendence in the U-S.  

President Trump comments again on Pope Leo...guilty plea in death of Jewish protestor...and antisemitic incidents down in 2025.

Secretary of State Rubio to meet with Pope Leo...Catholic branch concerned over demolishing of religious buildings in Lebanon...and pair of evangelical groups release report on effect of deportation policies on families.

U-S Supreme Court order on abortion pill appeal...church of Scientology trashed in New York City...and another New Mexico state trial against Meta.

Federal appeals court rules on restricted access to the abortion pill mifepristone.

HHS taking steps to protect Americans religious freedom...Israeli police arrest man for attacking nun in Jerusalem...and Oklahoma Senate votes on abortion-pill limitation.

The British government declares antisemitism an emergency...Camp Mystic withdrawing application for a license to operate this summer...and Trump administration continues push to reduce number of recommended vaccines for children.

Supreme Court sides with a faith-based pregnancy center...ruling on Maryland Church abuse case...and former Spokane mayor increasing lawsuit dollar amount over city cousel resolution denouncing Let Us Worship appearance.

Ten Commandments bill sent to Tennessee governor...judge orders a California Children's hospital to continue with "gender affirming care"...and Texas set to carry out execution of man convicted of killing two Christian music producers.

Pope Leo and Archbishop of Canterbury meet...new survey on belief in miracles and prayer in America...and Texas Supreme Court decision on child abuse investigations for "gender transtiion therapy".

Bill proposed in Congress to limit protests around houses of worship...New York City Mayor allows bill to create buffer zone around houses of worship...and assisted suicide bill fails in the UK.

Federal court decision on Washington State foster child "transtion" rule...Washington Interscholastic Activities Association vote on banning transgender atheles from girls sports...and Pope Leo wraps up trip to Africa.

DOJ indicts Southern Poverty Law Center...appeals court rules on Ten Commandments in Texas public schools...President Trump partakes in national Bible reading...and the Pope's last full day in Africa.

U-S Military ends mandatory flu vaccine requirement...Pope on final leg of Africa trip...and Southern Poverty Law Center says it's the subject of a Justice Department criminal investigation.