Shows / KCIS Newsmakers
KCIS Newsmakers
Featuring Keith Black. A news program looking at the top stories and other issues of concern to the church locally, nationally and internationally.
Episodes
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Newsmakers, Monday, January 12, 2026
Suprise meeting between Pope Leo and Venezuelan opposition leader...B.C. Supreme Court hearing case on religious hospitals refusing certain procedures...and…
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Newsmakers, Friday, January 9, 2026
Pope speaks out on warmongering and on persecutionof Christians worldwide...latest on shootings in Utah LDS parking lot...and civil suit against Saskatoon…
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Newsmakers, Thursday, January 8, 2026
Author Philip Yancey confesses to affair and steps down from Christianity Today... two Latin American countries added to Voice of the Martyrs Global Prayer…
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Newsmakers, Wednesday, January 7, 2026
Christian leaders urging prayers for peace in Venezuela...Texas Education Agency being sued for investigating teachers' social media comments about the…
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Newsmakers, Tuesday, January 6, 2026
Wyoming Supreme Court makes abortion ruling...President Trump discusses Hyde Amendment with House Republicans...and today is Epiphany.
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Newsmakers, Monday, January 5, 2026
Reaction to capture of Maduro from Evangelical leaders and the Pope...and Mamdani reaction to latest criticism from Jewish and pro-Israel groups.
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Newsmakers, Wednesday, December 24, 2025
Christmas Eve in Bethlehem...abducted Nigerian school children back home...and Pope Leo reacts to assisted suicide being legalized in his home state.
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Newsmakers, Tuesday, December 23, 2025
Funeral service of Brown University student....Oklahoma graduate teaching assistant no longer at school after religious discrimination claim...and 130 children…
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Newsmakers, Monday, December 22, 2025
Turning Point USA's first AmericaFest since the death of founder Charlie Kirk wraps up...Hanukkah comes to a close this evening...and a new poll on year-end…
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Newsmakers, Friday, December 19, 2025
Erika Kirk announces presidential endorsement...U-S House passes bill on gender transition treament for minors...and Louisiana tries to block mail-order…
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Newsmakers, Thursday, December 18, 2025
U.S. officials propose new restrictions designed to effectively ban "gender-affirming care" for minors...New York governor signs "Right-to-Die" bill...and…
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Newsmakers, Wednesday, December 17, 2025
Accused gunman charged in Bondi Beach killings...President Trump says he's worried about a shift towards antisemitism in the U-S Congress...and members of a…
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Newsmakers, Tuedsay, December 16, 2025
Mass shooting at Hanukkah Celebration in Australia confirmed as ISIS inspired terrorist attack...spike in antisemitic incidents in the U-S..."productive" first…
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Newsmakers, Monday, December 15, 2025
Netanayahu blames Australian government for encouraging attack on Hanaukkah celebration...Pope Leo issues strong pro-life message...and Erika Kirk and…
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Newsmakers, Friday, December 12, 2025
The head of the Anglican Church in North America will face a church trial...accused killer of Charlie Kirk makes first court appearance...and significant…
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Newsmakers, Thursday, December 11, 2025
Charlie Kirk's allleged killer appears in court...Florida is suing those it accuses of mutilating kids and misleading families...and a new poll on religion in…
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Newsmakers, Wednesday, December 10, 2025
Egypt and Iran critical of Pride celebation in Seattle during the World Cup...Alberta's government protects set of laws on transgender issues...and Australia's…
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Newsmakers, Tuesday, December 9, 2025
Pope Leo and Volodymyr Zelensky meet in Italy...judge approves Archdiocese of New Orleans bankruptcy settlement...and North Carolina school district is being…
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Newsmakers, Monday, December 8, 2025
More children abducted from Catholic school in Nigeria have been released...U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear Texas book ban case...and Christmas tree…
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Newsmakers, Friday, December 5, 2025
U.S. Attorney General orders federal agencies to ramp up investigations into domestic "extremist groups"...safe resolution to hijacking of a Samaritan's Purse…
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Newsmakers, Thursday, December 4, 2025
Vatican releases study on women in ministry...a Tennessee county's Board of Education is being sued for barring a religious charter school...and online…
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Newsmakers, Wednesday, December 3, 2025
U-S Supreme Court hears cases involving a street preacher and a pro-life pregnancy center...Texas Tech University System bans courses teaching race or gender…
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Newsmakers, Monday, December 1, 2026
Pope Leo calls for peace in Lebanon and a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict...a West Virginia judte rules on religious exemptions from…
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Newsmakers, Wednesday, November 26, 2025
Several parents of schoolchildren seized in Nigeria say they haven't anything about rescue efforts...President Trump signs executive order allowing designation…
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Newsmakers, Tuesday, November 25, 2025
Girls kidnapped from one Nigerian school rescued...Vatican releases document on value of monogamous marriage between a man and woman...and a new survey on what…
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Newsmakers, Monday, November 24, 2025
A large number of Cathloic school children have escaped from their abductors in Nigeria...police at South Florida University charge two men for disrupting a…
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Newsmakers, Friday, November 21, 2025
Texas Governor orders State Police to investigate Muslim Brotherhood and CAIR while Washington State chapter of CAIR speaks out on reported statement by a…
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Newsmakers, Thursday, November 20, 2025
A Texas group says the state's 10 commandments law should pass it's current legal test...U.S. Border Patrol reportedly monitoring millions of American drivers…
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Newsmakers, Wednesday, November 19, 2025
Fights at a protest March in Dearborn, Michigan...Texas governor declares U.S. Muslim group a "foreign terrorist organization"...and two people killed and…
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Newsmakers, Tuesday, November 18, 2025
New poll says most voters believe "extreme political rhetoric" contributed to the killing of Charlie Kirk...New York's outgoing mayor urging Israel's Prime…
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Newsmakers, Monday, November 17, 2025
U-S Supreme Court declines to hear major religious liberty dispute case...top leader of the Anglican Church in North America has been suspended from…
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Newsmakers, Friday, November 14, 2025
U-S Secretary of State Rubio makes terror designations on four European groups...Nebraska man sentenced for killing a priest...and TPUSA chapters being blocked…
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Newsmakers, Thursday, November 13, 2025
U.S. Catholic bishops make official a ban on ”gender-affirming care” for patients at Catholic hospitals...federal court hears arguments over Medicaid…
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Newsmakers, Wednesday, November 12, 2025
Christian missionary father and daughter on relief mission to Jamaica killed in plane crash ...U.S. Catholic bishops pick a new president...and Israel's…
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Newsmakers, Friday, November 7, 2025
Supreme Court weighs appeal of same-sex marriage ruling...Moody Bible Institute accusing Chicago Public Schools of religious discrimination...and Flordia sues…
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Newsmakers, Thursday, November 6, 2025
Erika Kirk on Fox News...reaction to election of Zohran Mamdani as New York City mayor...and Nebraska's governor signs executive order on abortion.
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Newsmakers, Wednesday, November 5, 2025
House Speaker Johnson warns on giving "platform to antisemitism"...President Trump's son to appear at Turning Point USA event...and Anglican Church in North…
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Newsmakers, Tuesday, November 4, 2025
President Trump calls out Jewish New Yorkers supporting Mamdani...Erika Kirk wants cameras in the courtroom for the trial of her husband's alleged…
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Newsmakers, Monday, November 3, 2025
President Trump comments on killings of Christians in Nigeria...FBI says attack on LDS congregation in Michigan motived by anti-religious beliefs...and apology…
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Newsmakers, Friday, October 31, 2025
University of Tennessee professor sues over suspension due to Charlie kirk comments...New York's mayor condems antisemitic art exhibit...and Vice President…
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Newsmakers, Thursday, October 30, 2025
Erika Kirk and V-P Vance speak at Turning Point USA event...Louisiana's governor criticizes Catholic University for denying official recognition of a Turning…
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Newsmakers, Wedneday, October 29, 2025
V-P Vance to speak at Turning Point event with Erika Kirk...poll on concerns over political vionlence and free speech...and pro-life group appeals its lawsuit…
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Newsmakers, Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Latest on the Gaza ceasefire...Oregon judge blocks Trump administration from pulling sex education funding over gender identify curricula...and Erika Kirk to…
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Newsmakers, Monday, October 27, 2025
The search expands fo the remaining hostages in Gaza...Pope Leo to visit site of major port blast in Lebanon...and a British Political commentator has been…
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Newsmakers, Friday, October 24, 2025
A closed hearing being held today for the accused killer of Charlie Kirk...Vice President Vance attends private mass at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in…
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Newsmakers, Thursday, October 23, 2025
American missionary kidnapped in Niger...guilty plea in ISIS-inspired plot on churches in Idaho...and King Charles and Pope Leo pray together at the Vatican.
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Newsmakers, Wednesday, October 22, 2025
Top U.S. envoys continue to visit Israel supporting the Gaza ceasefire...President Trump marks Diwali at the White House...and Catholic groups holding prayer…
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Newsmakers, Tuesday, October 21, 2025
V-P Vance in Israel...some residents of Michigan city want volume of Islamic call to prayer lowered...and new Barna research on beliefs of Gen Z women.
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Newsmakers, Monday, October 20, 2025
U.S. envoys back in Israel to shore up ceasefire...pastor, mayoral candidate and half-brother of V-P JD Vance reports bullet hole found at his church...and…
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Newsmakers, Friday, October 17, 2025
President Trump announces deal to lower costs of meds used for invitro fertilization...Oregon Senator wants cities to turn off certain license plate reading…
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Newsmakers, Thursday, October 16, 2025
U-S House Speaker condemns alleged comments in Young Republicans group chat...House White Press Secretary says President Trump "freed Palestine"...and…
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Newsmakers, Wednesday, October 15, 2025
President Trump honors Charlie Kirk...Oklahoma will not being requiring schools to include the BIble in their lessons...and a new cast for Mel Gibson's…
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Newsmakers, Tuesday, October 14, 2025
White House hosting celebration of Charlie Kirk's life...affects of Kirk's death on potential political youth movement...and Instagram attempts to better…
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Newsmakers, Monday, October 13, 2025
Israeli hostages released as U-S President Trump is in the Middle East...and Amy Grant's family regain control of historic Nashville church.
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Newsmakers, Friday, October 10, 2025
A provision in Washington State law on confessions won't go into effect...update on Gaza peace plan...and a beloved off-court figure in college basketball has…
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Newsmakers, Thursday, October 9, 2025
Update on Gaza peace plan...Christians gathering this week in Jerusalem for Sukkot...and Pope Leo discusses immigrants with Chicago labor leaders.
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Newsmakers, Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Gaza war update...assailant in British synagogue attack reportedly pledged allegiance to the Islatimc State...and a California mayor under investigation for…
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Newsmakers, Tuesday, October 7, 2025
U-S Supreme Court hears "conversion therapy" case...appeals court vacates Louisiana Ten Commandments ruling...and talks aimed at end war in Gaza continue on…
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Newsmakers, Monday, October 6, 2025
Talks underway over President Trump's Gaza peace plan...U-S Supreme Court opens new term...and man under arrest for allegedly possessing explosive outside a…
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Newsmakers, Friday, October 3, 2025
Trump gives deadline to Hamas...update on attack against synagogue in England...and Church of England names first-ever female as the new Archbishop of…