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From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: Is it wrong to hire a professional mentor – someone to come alongside and help me through life? The journey is really rough, and I can’t navigate it alone. Would it be wrong to ask God to lead me to someone who understands my struggles with the basics of life? I’m learning the truth that “...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: Is Christian conviction personal desires or Biblical directives? – C.C.

A: If there were a return to Biblical conversion, faith, and conviction, it would have a great impact on the world. While Christians are to exhibit love and forgiveness, because this is what Christ exhibited to the human race...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: What is the Biblical meaning of the great delusion? – W.D.

A: The Bible plainly teaches that one of the characteristics of the end of this age is that people will develop a capacity for delusion rather than the truth. The scientific revolution has produced an overemphasis on the secular and a ...Read more

CHICAGO — Pope Leo XIV made his most important U.S. appointment to date Thursday, naming a fellow south suburbanite as the next archbishop of New York to lead one of the biggest archdioceses as it navigates relations with the Trump administration and its immigration crackdown.

Joliet Bishop Ronald Hicks will replace the retiring Cardinal ...Read more

Pope Leo XIV has announced fellow Chicagoan, Bishop Ronald Hicks of Joliet, Ill., will serve as the next archbishop of New York, replacing Cardinal Timothy Dolan, who has led the state’s 2.8 million Catholics for more than 15 years.

“I am grateful to Pope Leo for appointing such a splendid priest and bishop to serve you, and have pledged to...Read more

WASHINGTON — In an Iowa swing district, Democrat Sarah Trone Garriott recounts how her work as a hospital chaplain and a Lutheran minister set her on a path to public service.

In deep-red Alaska, the Rev. Matt Schultz says his run as a Democrat for the state’s at-large House seat is part of his calling to “feed the hungry, comfort the ...Read more

Christmas and Passover are the most interfaith friendly holidays in the calendar of sacred time. Passover is about freedom for all people and Christmas is about hope for all people. Although there are of course sectarian meanings in each holy day they both reach out their message to all who are in need of salvation ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: How is it possible to become a friend of God who is holy, omnipotent, all-wise, and all-loving? I’ve been following a podcast about befriending Jesus, but it makes me a little nervous to hear all the propaganda that sounds like he can be our buddy and pal. I grew up in a church that taught ...Read more

Sen. Ted Budd offered an unusually blunt stance on a former lawmaker and fellow North Carolina Republican after allegations surfaced that Budd was blocking the Senate confirmation hearing of former Rep. Mark Walker to oversee international religious freedom.

Budd told McClatchy in an exclusive interview Wednesday that he’s not blocking ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: My life has come to an abrupt stop. Until a very bad fall at 60 years old, I was never home because I traveled the world, visiting a different church every Sunday, sometimes driving two hours or more, which allowed me to meet lots of different people and have all kinds of experiences. I often ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Sen. Thom Tillis said Tuesday he believes that the Senate needs to move on from the nomination of former Rep. Mark Walker for ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom.

Tillis’ comments to McClatchy come as Walker and his allies have put pressure on senators through social media and news outlets to get his ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Leaders of a secretive religious group in Southern California's Inland Empire region have been charged with murder in two separate cases — the disappearance of longtime member Emilio Ghanem in Redlands and the 2010 death of 4-year-old Timothy Thomas in Colton.

Ghanem vanished in May 2023, just weeks after he decided to part ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: A friend of mine (whom I’ve discovered wasn’t a friend at all) swindled me into investing a little money (I don’t have much) on a website about predicting trends on. I lost my meager savings and can’t blame anyone but myself. Does the Bible ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: Growing up on Bible stories about Daniel in the lion’s den, Noah’s ark and the animals, and the sea rolling back its mighty waters as Israel crossed on dry ground are indelible in my mind, but I realize that these are likely illustrations more than true stories. If I could see something this ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: My friends have six children and love them. However, both husband and wife are high up in academia and pour all their time into their work, not their family. They excuse it by saying they fear death because there may not be enough money to take care of their children [if the parents die young]. They...Read more

OAKLAND, Calif. — The Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland proposed a new $242 million settlement with hundreds of parishioners who claim they were sexually abused for years at the hands of local clergy, a plan that drew immediate pushback from the victims’ attorneys, who say it doesn’t go far enough.

The proposal, filed Thursday in U.S. ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: I’m an elementary school teacher and find that when Christmas approaches, children ask some interesting questions about Jesus. Many of them don’t come from stable homes and often don’t have the security of asking questions. Not that I have all the answers, but I want to answer the children as ...Read more

Father Tom Hartman and I created an annual winter custom that sharpened our interfaith instincts. Tommy wrote the Hanukkah column, and I wrote the Christmas column. Since his passing in 2016 I have tried in my way to preserve the essential interfaith impulse that created the God Squad by looking inward at our own holiday ...Read more