Articles by Jonah McKeown
Norwich bishop Michael Cote announces retirement
Sep 3, 2024 / 13:30 pmCote, originally from Maine, was ordained a priest in 1975 and led the eastern Connecticut diocese since May 14, 2003.
American Solidarity Party fights for ballot access state-by-state
Sep 3, 2024 / 06:00 amThe ASP’s presidential candidate, Peter Sonski —a pro-life Catholic — has managed to qualify to appear on voters’ ballots in five states.
Paid sick leave on the ballot in Nebraska: What Catholics should know
Sep 2, 2024 / 07:00 amThe Nebraska Catholic Conference, which advocates for policy on behalf of the state’s bishops, encouraged Catholics to give the proposal their consideration.
Catholic publisher Ascension named in Fortune’s top 10 small businesses
Sep 2, 2024 / 06:00 amMedia company Ascension was recently named to the 2024 Fortune Best Small Workplaces List — a feat the company says is a first among Catholic organizations.
Vatican again calls for a moratorium on killer robots
Aug 30, 2024 / 14:12 pmArchbishop Ettore Balestrero, the Holy See’s permanent observer to the United Nations in Geneva since 2023, spoke at a U.N. forum in Geneva this week.
20,000 miles over the sea: Here’s where Pope Francis is headed in Southeast Asia and Oceania
Aug 30, 2024 / 06:00 amPope Francis will embark on an 11-day trip on Sept. 2 that will bring him to Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste (East Timor), and Singapore.
Filipino diocese advances sainthood cause for lay catechist Laureana ‘Ka Luring’ Franco
Aug 28, 2024 / 14:07 pmFranco, a longtime member of the Legion of Mary, dedicated her life to teaching the Catholic faith, praying, and serving the poor. She died in 2011 at age 75.
Here are all the states voting on abortion in November
Aug 27, 2024 / 06:00 amVoters in 10 states will see abortion-related questions on their November ballot, and the majority of those will be proposed constitutional amendments.
Building in ‘God’s backyard’: Los Angeles affordable housing project could herald things to come
Aug 26, 2024 / 06:30 amProjects getting underway in California are supercharging efforts to repurpose available Church properties for residential use.
Nebraska voters will consider dueling pro-life and pro-abortion amendments in November
Aug 23, 2024 / 17:45 pmOne proposal would constitutionally enshrine the state’s current pro-life protections, and the other would enshrine a constitutional “right” to abortion.
Catholic archbishop defends Ukrainian ban on Russian Orthodox Church activities
Aug 22, 2024 / 17:00 pmThe head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church said Russia has used the Russian Orthodox Church “as a tool of militarization.”
Montana is the latest state to vote on abortion this fall
Aug 21, 2024 / 12:55 pmMontana on Tuesday became the ninth U.S. state to place a proposal on the November ballot to decide whether to enshrine abortion in the state constitution.
Most migrants worldwide are Christian, study highlights
Aug 20, 2024 / 16:36 pmThe Aug. 19 study found that in 2020, Christians made up an estimated 47% of all people living outside their country of birth.
Phil Donahue, talk show pioneer and ‘lapsed Catholic’ who courted controversy, dies at 88
Aug 19, 2024 / 17:20 pmPhil Donahue, a self-described “lapsed Catholic” who reinvented the daytime television talk-show format, died Sunday at his home in New York at age 88.
Sister Agnes Sasagawa, Our Lady of Akita visionary, dies at 93
Aug 17, 2024 / 07:52 amSister Agnes Sasagawa, a Japanese nun who purported visions of the Virgin Mary under the title of Our Lady of Akita, died Aug. 15 at age 93.
Haitian priest says conditions in country are ‘unacceptable, intolerable, and inconceivable’
Aug 16, 2024 / 16:59 pmFather Baudelaire Martial, CSC, said many parishes in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, including the city’s cathedral, have been forced to close due to the conflict.
Bioethicists scrutinize Pontifical Academy for Life’s new guidance on withdrawing food, water
Aug 16, 2024 / 07:00 amThe Pontifical Academy for Life’s new document last month on “artificial nutrition and hydration” has some observers concerned.
Missouri’s pro-life leaders prepare to defeat ‘extreme’ pro-abortion ballot measure
Aug 14, 2024 / 18:01 pmIf Amendment 3 passes in November, it would represent a significant turnaround after years of pro-life gains in the Midwestern state.
St. Maximilian Kolbe’s beard: EWTN friars draw inspiration from unusual relic
Aug 14, 2024 / 16:06 pmThe Franciscan Missionaries of the Eternal Word keeps a relic of St. Maximilian Kolbe’s beard, which was gifted to EWTN.
Will a Buffalo Catholic church become a mosque? Here’s what to know
Aug 13, 2024 / 15:32 pmThe Diocese of Buffalo sold the former St. Ann’s Church and Shrine to a group associated with the local Downtown Islamic Center in late 2022.