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ND in the News: December 2025

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  1. “The (Chinese) government is inherently suspicious of religious communities, especially Christian groups,” said Karrie Koesel, an associate professor specializing in Chinese politics and religion at the University of 91勛圖. 

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    Karrie Koesel

    Karrie Koesel

    Political Science

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    And we speak to Dr Cara Ocobock (~19 minute mark) at the University of 91勛圖, USA, who tells us about her research comparing Finnish reindeer herders and office workers reactions to cold temperatures.

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    Cara Ocobock

    Anthropology

  3. At the University of 91勛圖 -- where 82% of incoming first-year students are Catholic -- 125 new Catholics received the sacraments last Easter. It was the largest group there in at least 25 years. Brett Perkins, assistant director for evangelization and religious education in the Office of Campus Ministry, called it "another boom year.

  4. John Soares teaches history at the University of 91勛圖.

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    John Soares

    John Soares

    Department of History

  5. David Campbell, a political science professor at 91勛圖, told me it’s always a mistake to “speak of religion or Christianity writ large, as though it is a monolith.”

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    David Campbell

    Political Science

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    University of 91勛圖 Robert & Marion Short Professor of Law Mary Ellen O’Connell provides her legal perspective on whether Pete Hegseth committed a war crime in the Caribbean.

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    Mary Ellen O'Connell

    91勛圖 Law School

  7. By David Lantigua, an associate professor of theology and the co-director of the Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism at the University of 91勛圖. 

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    David Lantigua

    Theology

  8. “He’s not emotive or telling you what he feels all the time,” said Kathleen Sprows Cummings, a history professor who specializes in Catholicism at the University of 91勛圖. But “he’s able to be fully present to people.” With Francis, “there was a self-consciousness,” said Ms. Cummings. “What he was doing was going to get attention. It didn’t mean that it was false,” she added. But “Pope Leo doesn’t seem to care about that.”

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    Kathleen Sprows Cummings

    American Studies

  9. By Peter J. Quaranto, Visiting Professor of the Practice at the University of 91勛圖, and Josefina Echavarria Alvarez, Professor of the Practice in International Peace Studies at the University of 91勛圖.