Kathleen Murphy

Kathleen Murphy is managing editor. She has worked as a reporter and editor for CQ Roll Call, MLex Market Insight, FTC Watch, Stateline.org, and Internet World. She was the inaugural Journalist in Residence at Marymount University. Early in her career, she was Marco Island bureau chief for the Naples (Florida) Daily News. She earned a bachelor’s degree from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University and a master’s degree from Yale Divinity School.

Articles by Kathleen Murphy

Church employee Francisco Paredes, 46, was handcuffed by ICE Dec. 4, 2025. | Credit: Photo courtesy of Francisco Paredes

ICE deported Minnesota church employee, surveilled parish during Mass, mayor says

Jan 9, 2026 / 15:01 pm

ICE’s presence outside the church impedes parishioners’ free exercise of religion, said the pastor of St. Gabriel Catholic Church in Hopkins, Minnesota.

Scene from Nov. 1, 2025, Mass outside the Broadview facility near Chicago where immigration advocates allege federal authorities inhumanely treat detainees. Credit: Kathleen Murphy/CNA

Detainees denied Communion at ICE facility in Illinois

Nov 1, 2025 / 17:29 pm

Bishop Jose María García-Maldonado celebrated a Mass on Nov. 1 outside the Broadview facility near Chicago.

The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. Credit: Andrea Izzotti/Shutterstock

Possible U.S. government shutdown could disrupt military Masses, meals for preschoolers

Sep 27, 2025 / 08:30 am

The closure could pause military members’ ability to attend Mass, interrupt subsidized meals for preschoolers in Catholic schools, and limit assistance with church security.