Church Committee

The 50th anniversary of the Church Committee report is being marked with a discussion featuring historians Matthew Guariglia and Brian Hochman. The 1975-76 congressional investigation exposed CIA assassination plots, NSA surveillance, FBI burglary programs, and mind-control experiments, leading to intelligence oversight reforms. Commenters are reflecting on how its findings on government secrecy and abuse of power remain relevant to current debates over surveillance and executive authority.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has donated $1 million to a political action committee opposing Idaho's Proposition 1 ahead of the state's general election. The contribution makes the church a major financial player in the ballot fight, drawing attention to its influence in Idaho politics and sparking debate over religious institutions funding election campaigns.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has given $1 million to a political action committee opposing Idaho's Proposition 1, a ballot measure set for the general election. The donation makes the church a major funder of the opposition campaign, drawing attention to the role of religious institutions in the state's election and the contest over the measure.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has donated $1 million to a political action committee opposing Idaho's Proposition 1, shortly before the state's general election. The contribution makes the church a major financial backer of the anti-Prop 1 campaign, drawing attention to the role of religious institutions in state ballot measures and prompting debate ahead of the vote.

Archbishop Elpidophoros of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America delivered a greeting at a luncheon honouring the President of the Hellenic Olympic Committee, held on October 14, 2026, at the Archdiocesan Headquarters in New York. The event brought together Greek Orthodox and Greek Olympic officials, underscoring the ties between the Greek-American church and Greece's Olympic movement ahead of Olympic activities.

The moderator of the World Council of Churches central committee is scheduled to speak in Berlin on the ethics of health, addressing how faith communities engage with questions of medical care, equity and public health policy. The event falls under the Council's ongoing work on health and healing, and is expected to draw interest from church leaders and ethicists discussing moral responsibility in healthcare access.

Candidates running for the Lucia Mar and San Luis Coastal school boards have received political questionnaires from a local church and a county political committee. The questionnaires are being used to gauge candidates' positions ahead of the school board elections, a common practice but one drawing attention when religious and political groups participate in vetting candidates for nonpartisan education seats.

The moderator of the World Council of Churches central committee is in South Korea, sharing a range of insights during the visit. The World Council of Churches highlighted the trip, which involves engagement with Korean church leaders and communities on ecumenical matters. Details of specific meetings or topics covered have not been widely reported, but the visit is drawing attention among church and ecumenical audiences globally.