Articles by Kevin J. Jones
After pro-abortion rights essay draws ire, Jesuit high school retracts student magazine issue
Jan 11, 2022 / 12:00 pmLeadership at a Denver-area Catholic high school retracted an entire issue of a quarterly student magazine after a student’s “deeply troubling” pro-abortion rights essay drew criticism and concern from several parents and the local archbishop.
Monks bow out of Illinois Catholic school after controversy over coach in same-sex union
Jan 6, 2022 / 18:00 pmAfter a Chicago-area Catholic high school bowed to protests and hired a lacrosse coach in a same-sex marriage, the Benedictine monks who sponsor it have said they will transition out of leadership at the school.
Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity seek swift fix after Indian government blocks foreign donations
Dec 28, 2021 / 17:00 pmSupporters of Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity reacted with surprise and concern to the Indian government’s ruling that the organization is now ineligible for foreign donations, but a spokeswoman for the Calcutta-based branch of the organization believes the situation will be remedied without much effect on the missionaries’ work.
For Tampa's homeless, small cottages could give hope for a better future
Dec 23, 2021 / 06:00 amA new housing complex of small cottages and tents aims to help several hundred homeless people in Tampa, in a project launched by Catholic Charities with help from the City of Tampa.
Despite Kentucky tornadoes, Virgin Mary statue still stands—and Catholics offer help
Dec 13, 2021 / 19:01 pmThe deadly storms that hit nine states in the Midwest and the South produced an image of a statue of the Virgin Mary and Christ Child, seemingly untouched outside the damaged building of Resurrection Catholic Church.
Chicago suburb is home to a major Guadalupe shrine
Dec 12, 2021 / 07:00 amMarian devotion is intense among the hundreds of thousands of people who visit the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe each year on her feast day.
As Christmas approaches, priests should emphasize that confession can heal, cardinal says
Dec 11, 2021 / 12:00 pmSacramental confession has healing abilities that priests should especially emphasize to help bring God’s love and consolation to a world damaged by two years of the coronavirus pandemic. That is the advice for confessors from Cardinal Mauro Piacenza, who stressed the urgency of their work for humanity.
Christians must bring encounter with Christ to those with sexuality or gender troubles, Marquette bishop says
Dec 10, 2021 / 14:00 pmIn matters of sexuality and gender identity, Christians must first help others hear the Gospel, encounter Jesus, and know God’s love, Bishop John Doerfler of Marquette has said. Accompaniment must come before addressing any apparently sinful behavior.
Replace 'George Floyd' Christ with 'uncontroversial' art, Catholic University student government says
Dec 9, 2021 / 11:28 amAn image portraying the Virgin Mary and Jesus as Black in a way that some critics said politicized religion to comment on the murder of George Floyd was defended and replaced by Catholic University of America officials after it was stolen in late November. The university’s student government, however, has now passed a resolution calling for the image to be replaced with other art that better fulfills the needs for theological art and representation of the Black community.
As three more hostages released in Haiti, Christian group thanks God and asks for more prayers
Dec 6, 2021 / 14:07 pmThree more hostages from an Ohio-based Christian group were released in Haiti, leaving 12 captives of the 400 Mawozo gang. The gang previously kidnapped and released a group of 10 Catholics, including priests and religious.
Christian-Muslim dialogue needs a foundation in everyday friendship, French Dominican says
Nov 26, 2021 / 00:00 amProgress in Christian-Muslim dialogue ultimately must come from Catholics and others who deliberately make efforts to befriend and understand Muslims, said the French-born Father Jean Druel, O.P.
Petition seeks to return St. Junipero Serra statue to ‘place of honor’ at Catholic university
Nov 24, 2021 / 18:04 pmA statue of Saint Junipero Serra must return to the Loyola Marymount University campus, an alumni group has said in a letter and petition to the president of the Los Angeles-area Catholic university.
Former priest files new sexual abuse lawsuit against Theodore McCarrick
Nov 23, 2021 / 18:35 pmA former Catholic priest who has previously alleged that ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick sexually abused him when he was a seminarian has filed a lawsuit against McCarrick and the Newark archdiocese.
After shocking Waukesha Christmas parade attack, Wis. Catholics grieve and pray
Nov 22, 2021 / 16:51 pmCatholics in the Milwaukee suburb of Waukesha have responded with grief, prayer, and solidarity after an SUV drove into marchers in the city’s Christmas parade. Five people were killed, and among the nearly 50 injured are a Catholic priest, multiple parishioners, and Catholic schoolchildren.
Heart surgery scheduled for San Diego Bishop Robert McElroy
Nov 22, 2021 / 11:32 amBishop Robert McElroy of San Diego is scheduled for a coronary bypass surgery on Monday. He is expected to make a full recovery, though he will not return to work until after Christmas.
Lawsuit alleges Jesuit priest committed sex abuse in North Carolina in the 1990s
Nov 19, 2021 / 16:30 pmA new lawsuit alleges that a long-serving Jesuit priest sexually abused a boy at a Catholic school in Charlotte, North Carolina in the 1990s.
Washington florist who declined to serve same-sex wedding will pay settlement, retire
Nov 18, 2021 / 20:05 pmA Christian florist who was sued after declining to create flower arrangements for a same-sex wedding ceremony and subsequently spent eight years in court will pay a small settlement and retire, rather than seek another U.S. Supreme Court hearing.
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Teacher who criticized ‘preferred pronoun’ policy reaches settlement with Virginia school board
Nov 16, 2021 / 16:01 pmA Virginia teacher who was disciplined for objecting to a proposed policy requiring transgender-affirming pronouns has agreed to a settlement with the Loudoun County public school board.
Father Gregor Pawlowski, Jewish Holocaust survivor and Catholic priest, laid to rest in Poland
Nov 14, 2021 / 15:00 pmFather Gregor Pawlowski died in Israel Oct. 21 at the age of 90, but he wanted his body to be buried in Poland alongside his Jewish family and other victims of the Holocaust.
Stats show Irish women benefit from waiting period before abortion, observers say
Nov 12, 2021 / 16:27 pmAbout 1,500 Irish women in 2020 decided not to go through with an abortion after seeking an initial consultation. Critics of abortion say it’s a sign that these women need support and that the existing three-day waiting period should be preserved.