Articles by Tyler Arnold
Catholic woman awarded $12.7 million in religious discrimination lawsuit over COVID vaccine
Nov 13, 2024 / 06:00 amIn her religious excemption request, Lisa Domski wrote that taking the vaccine “would be a terrible sin and distance my relationship with God.”
Vatican prohibits Traditional Latin Mass in Bishop Strickland’s former cathedral
Nov 11, 2024 / 15:35 pmThe move was announced in a letter to parishioners of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Tyler, which has offered a 2 p.m. Sunday Mass in Latin.
Trump could restrict transgender surgeries for kids in second term, policy analysts say
Nov 11, 2024 / 07:00 am“The left-wing gender insanity being pushed in our children is an act of child abuse,” Trump said earlier this year in a campaign video.
Marco Rubio on 2024 election, Catholic vote, and future
Nov 9, 2024 / 10:00 amAs the senior senator from the Sunshine State sees it, Donald Trump’s winning electoral coalition portends a promising political realignment and future.
Republicans secure control of U.S. Senate
Nov 6, 2024 / 12:45 pmAs of Wednesday morning, Republicans had secured victories in three Senate seats previously held by Democrats.
Catholic voters favor Trump over Harris nationally and in swing states, exit polls show
Nov 5, 2024 / 23:57 pmBoth Trump and his running mate, JD Vance, courted the Catholic vote heavily in the last few weeks of the election.
Speaker Mike Johnson on EWTN News: Catholics, Pennsylvanians are key to election
Nov 5, 2024 / 16:30 pm“[Trump] often asks me, ‘Will the Catholics like this? Will the evangelicals like this?'” Speaker Mike Johnson said.
Overcoming prior hesitation, Catholic Live Action President Lila Rose votes for Trump
Nov 5, 2024 / 12:45 pm“I will be voting for Donald Trump,” Lila Rose, who is Catholic, said in a Nov. 2 post on X, just three days before the Nov. 5 election.
Bishop Robert Barron pans ‘Conclave’ movie: ‘Run away from it as fast as you can’
Nov 5, 2024 / 06:00 am“If you are interested in a film about the Catholic Church that could have been written by the editorial board of the New York Times, this is your movie,” Barron said.
Vatican’s anime-style mascot Luce goes viral on internet with Catholic memes, fan art
Nov 3, 2024 / 08:00 amThe Vatican introduced an anime-style mascot named Luce to represent Catholic pilgrims in the 2025 Jubilee year on Monday, Oct. 28.
Kentucky attorney general backs Catholic church in lawsuit against shrine construction
Oct 31, 2024 / 17:45 pmThe proposed grotto shrine pays homage to a series of famous Marian apparitions in Lourdes, France, in 1858.
Vatican inquiry into canonization of Father Arrupe, mentor to Pope Francis, begins next month
Oct 31, 2024 / 14:05 pmThe diocesan tribunal will conclude its inquiry into the life, virtues, and holiness of Father Pedro Arrupe, SJ, with a ceremony on Nov. 14 in Rome.
Trump makes case to Puerto Rican voters in Allentown, Pennsylvania, after joke backlash
Oct 30, 2024 / 09:40 am“I will deliver the best future for Puerto Ricans and for Hispanic Americans,” Trump said at the Tuesday night rally.
San Juan archbishop asks Trump to apologize for comedian’s Puerto Rico joke
Oct 29, 2024 / 16:50 pm“I call upon you, Mr. Trump, to disavow these comments as reflecting in any way your personal or political viewpoints,” the archbishop wrote in a letter.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ad urges Catholics to back Donald Trump
Oct 26, 2024 / 07:00 am“Catholics may disagree on many issues, but we must find a way to love our children more than we hate each other,” Kennedy says in the advertisement.
JD Vance warns of Harris’ ‘prejudice against Catholics’ in op-ed for Pittsburgh outlet
Oct 25, 2024 / 14:50 pmRepublican vice presidential nominee JD Vance in an op-ed published in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette accused Kamala Harris of being prejudiced against Catholics.
Doctor concealed tax-funded puberty blocker study after it did not show mental health benefits
Oct 24, 2024 / 17:45 pm“I do not want our work to be weaponized,” Johanna Olson-Kennedy said, according to the Times. “It has to be exactly on point, clear and concise. And that takes time.”
New York police search for man who damaged statues at Catholic church in Brooklyn
Oct 24, 2024 / 09:15 amFootage shows the suspect damaging part of the statue with his hands before using a brick to break parts of the statue.
Kamala Harris rejects religious exemptions for abortion laws: ‘That cannot be negotiable’
Oct 23, 2024 / 14:35 pm“I don’t think we should be making concessions when we’re talking about a fundamental freedom to make decisions about your own body,” Kamala Harris said.
Supreme Court will hear case on Tennessee law banning transgender surgeries for minors
Oct 23, 2024 / 11:40 amThe law is facing a legal challenge from President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris’ administration as well as from three families in the state.