Articles by Jonah McKeown
COVID vaccines: Spokane bishop supports conscience rights, but says priests won't provide religious exemption
Aug 24, 2021 / 03:00 amAfter Washington state announced a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for school employees, the Bishop of Spokane said that conscience rights should be respected, but that priests shouldn’t sign documents regarding the conscience of another.
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Wisconsin bishops encourage vaccination while affirming conscience rights
Aug 23, 2021 / 18:01 pmThe five bishops of Wisconsin on Friday issued a message encouraging vaccination against COVID-19, while maintaining that people ought not be forced to accept a COVID vaccine.
First Haitian-American Catholic bishop dies at 86
Aug 23, 2021 / 15:00 pmBishop Guy Sansaricq, a retired auxiliary of the Diocese of Brooklyn and the first Haitian-born bishop in the United States, died Saturday at age 86.
Cardinal Burke off COVID-19 ventilator and back in hospital room, family says
Aug 21, 2021 / 10:04 amCardinal Burke's condition is improving, according to the latest update on his battle with COVID-19.
Appeals court upholds Texas law prohibiting 'live dismemberment' abortions
Aug 20, 2021 / 08:53 amA federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld a Texas law that prohibits a kind of dilation-and-evacuation abortion known as ‘live dismemberment’.
Bishop Wall encourages COVID-19 vaccination, while opposing state mandates
Aug 18, 2021 / 17:19 pmBishop James Wall of Gallup, New Mexico released a letter Wednesday reiterating that COVID-19 vaccines can be taken by Catholics “with a clear conscience,” while also asserting that the state ought not “universally mandate the vaccine without allowing for conscientious objection.”
Monterey bishop prohibits religious exemption from Covid vaccine mandates
Aug 16, 2021 / 19:01 pmBishop Daniel Garcia of Monterey on Friday directed clergy not to provide letters of religious exemption for Catholics wishing not to receive a coronavirus vaccine.
The Story of EWTN: From Garage Startup to Global Catholic TV Network
Aug 16, 2021 / 15:27 pmEWTN might never have succeeded if it weren't for these miracles.
South Dakota bishops support conscientious, religious exemptions from Covid vaccine mandates
Aug 11, 2021 / 17:00 pmIn response to questions from Catholics about COVID-19 vaccine mandates being imposed by employers or other authorities, the bishops of South Dakota said this week that Catholics whose well-formed consciences tell them not to receive a vaccine should be free to seek a religious exemption from any vaccine mandate.
Ministry seeks to build community and empower young Latinos
Aug 10, 2021 / 17:05 pmVicente del Real, a Catholic from Chicago, was recently helping to facilitate a young adult gathering at a parish in his area. The pastor walked in and said to one of the attendees that he should go to seminary.
CNA Newsroom: "The Future is Latino"
Aug 9, 2021 / 14:48 pmThe Latino population within the U.S. Church is booming, but is the Church ready to welcome them?
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Archbishop Lori: St John Vianney, Bl Michael McGivney were both 'exemplary pastors of souls'
Aug 4, 2021 / 15:10 pmArchbishop William Lori of Baltimore, Supreme Chaplain of the Knights of Columbus, on Wednesday highlighted the similarities between St. John Vianney and Blessed Michael McGivney, the founder of the Knights.
Knights of Columbus highlight charitable work, faith formation at annual meeting
Aug 3, 2021 / 19:55 pmPatrick Kelly, the Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus, highlighted the group’s charitable work amid the COVID-19 pandemic, announced plans to support faith formation initiatives, and lauded the group’s newly-beatified founder in a speech Tuesday.
CNA Newsroom: 'Extraordinary Times for the Extraordinary Form'
Aug 2, 2021 / 14:00 pmThis week on CNA Newsroom, Catholics talk about their love for the Traditional Latin Mass, and react to the pope's new norms.
Body of Tennessee priest on path to canonization reburied in basilica
Aug 2, 2021 / 13:20 pmThe body of Servant of God Patrick Ryan, a Tennessee priest who died in 1878 caring for victims of the Chattanooga’s yellow fever epidemic, was moved and reinterred at the city’s Saints Peter and Paul Basilica over the weekend.
Catholic Charities in Texas criticizes state order restricting immigration work
Jul 30, 2021 / 14:02 pmCatholic entities helping migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border responded this week after the Texas governor restricted who could transport migrants following their release from federal custody.
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Irish Jesuits apologize for ‘shameful’ mishandling of abuse case
Jul 28, 2021 / 10:07 amFollowing the leak of the Irish Jesuits’ draft inquiry into sexual abuse committed by a deceased member, the order on Monday acknowledged its “shameful” mishandling of the case.
Boston auxiliary bishop reveals why he voted against Eucharistic document
Jul 27, 2021 / 16:30 pmAn auxiliary bishop of the Boston archdiocese on Sunday revealed why he voted against a motion of the U.S. bishops’ conference to begin drafting a teaching document on the Eucharist.
Lawsuit brings sex abuse allegations against New Hampshire bishop
Jul 23, 2021 / 14:00 pmBishop Peter Libasci has been accused in a lawsuit of committing sexual abuse while a priest in New York during the 1980s.
New Hampshire moves to restrict late-term abortions
Jul 21, 2021 / 16:01 pmNew Hampshire’s 2021 budget includes a limit on late-term abortions, a significant change from current policy which allows abortions up to the point of birth.