Tina Dennelly

Tina Dennelly

Tina Dennelly is senior copy editor for EWTNNews.com. A native of the Chicago area and a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism, during her career she has worked for the Chicago Tribune in its Interactive Media Department, taught journalism classes at Hillsdale College in Michigan, and was copy editor/associate news editor for the National Catholic Register and Faith & Family magazine. After getting married and moving to Long Island, New York, she worked as a freelance copy editor and proofreader for various Catholic book publishers, periodicals, and independent authors while raising four children. She also wrote feature stories for The Long Island Catholic magazine and was a freelance copy editor for CatholicVote. Before joining EWTN in 2022, she was a senior editor of catechetical textbooks for New York-based William H. Sadlier Inc. Tina is currently pursuing a master’s degree in theology from Catholic International University.

Articles by Tina Dennelly

Micah Kim, the 5-year-old son of Catholic speaker and influencer Paul Kim, passed away Dec. 31, 2025. | Credit: Screenshot of Paul Kim’s Facebook page, last visited Jan. 1, 2026

5-year-old son of Catholic speaker Paul Kim passes away

Jan 1, 2026 / 16:24 pm

The 5-year-old son of Catholic speaker and comedian Paul Kim has passed away after more than a week on life support.

Cardinal Dominique Mamberti celebrates the ninth Novendiales Mass for Pope Francis on the third Sunday of Easter, May 4, 2025, at St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican. Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA

Pope Francis was ‘faithful to his mission,’ cardinal says at ninth Novendiales Mass

May 4, 2025 / 19:58 pm

The mission of a pope “is love itself, which becomes service to the Church and to all humanity,” Cardinal Dominique Mamberti said in St. Peter’s Basilica.

Pope Francis at the general audience in St. Peter's Square, Oct. 5, 2016. Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA

PHOTOS: A timeline of Pope Francis’ 12 years as pope

Apr 25, 2025 / 08:00 am

Pope Francis was the 265th successor of St. Peter. Here is a timeline of key events during his papacy.

Pope Francis speaks at the at the Grotto of Lourdes in the Vatican Gardens on May 31, 2021, against the backdrop of an image of Our Lady, Undoer (or Untier) of Knots. Credit: Vatican Media

How Pope Francis spread devotion to Our Lady, Undoer of Knots

Apr 24, 2025 / 09:00 am

The popular devotion traces its origins to Germany, in 1612, when a priest ministered to a couple in a difficult marriage.

A makeshift shrine with devotional candles, flowers, and images of Pope Francis appears outside Rome's Gemelli hospital on Feb. 22, 2025 Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA

Pope Francis ‘alert and well oriented,’ participates in Mass at hospital

Feb 23, 2025 / 14:10 pm

The statement also said the Holy Father “continues to be alert and well oriented” and is still receiving oxygen therapy “at high flows” through his nose.

Emergency service members respond to a plane crash in a neighborhood near Cottman Avenue on Jan. 31, 2025, in Philadelphia. The plane, a medical transport jet carrying a child patient, crashed after taking off from Northeast Philadelphia Airport. Credit: Matthew Hatcher/Getty Images

Philadelphia archbishop: ‘My heart sank’ after learning of Friday plane crash

Feb 1, 2025 / 10:55 am

“My heart sank when I learned that an aircraft crashed at Cottman Avenue and Roosevelt Boulevard in Northeast Philadelphia tonight,” Archbishop Nelson Peréz said. 

Pope Francis meets with U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday, June 14, 2024, after a session at the G7 summit, which is being held June 13–15 in the southern Italian region of Puglia. Credit: Vatican Media

President Biden awards Pope Francis the Presidential Medal of Freedom with distinction

Jan 11, 2025 / 19:45 pm

“Pope Francis is unlike any who came before,” a White House statement said. “Above all, he is the People’s Pope — a light of faith, hope, and love.”

FBI investigators arrive at the scene where a pickup truck crashed into a work lift after allegedly driving into a crowd of New Year’s revelers in the French Quarter of New Orleans on Jan. 1, 2025. Credit: MATTHEW HINTON/AFP via Getty Images

UPDATE: Driver slams car into New Year’s crowd in New Orleans: 15 killed, archbishop offers prayers

Jan 1, 2025 / 11:50 am

“Our prayers go out to those killed and injured in this morning’s horrific attack on Bourbon Street,” New Orleans Archbishop Gregory Aymond said.

A banner bears the signs of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games and the Olympic Rings at the Trocadero in Paris on July 14, 2024. Credit: STEFANO RELLANDINI/AFP via Getty Images

Vatican deplores Olympic ‘offense done to many Christians’

Aug 3, 2024 / 15:16 pm

In a brief statement emailed to journalists in French, the Holy See said it “was saddened by certain scenes at the opening ceremony” of the Olympic Games.

Reporter Catherine Hadro speaks with Sister Mary Gianna of the Disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ and Frank DeAngelis on “EWTN News In Depth” on April 19, 2024. Sister Mary Gianna, also known as Jenica Thornby, was a sophomore at Columbine High School and DeAngelis was principal on April 20, 1999, when two gunmen killed 12 students and one teacher before turning their guns on themselves. Credit: “EWTN News In Depth” screen shots

Columbine High School massacre, 25 years later: ‘God, why did you allow me to survive?’

Apr 22, 2024 / 15:30 pm

It was 25 years ago that two gunmen killed 12 students and one teacher before turning their guns on themselves at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado.

Harrison Butker on the sideline of the AFC Championship in Baltimore on January 28, 2024. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Chiefs’ kicker Harrison Butker to give commencement speech at Benedictine College

Apr 3, 2024 / 17:00 pm

Harrison Butker is known not only for setting NFL records but also for being outspoken about his Catholic faith.

NYPD officers stand in line at the funeral of NYPD officer Jonathan Diller at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church on March 30, 2024, in Massapequa, New York. Officer Diller was killed on March 25 when he was shot in Queens after approaching an illegally parked vehicle. Credit: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

Thousands mourn slain NYPD officer at Catholic funeral

Apr 1, 2024 / 17:00 pm

Parishes throughout Long Island remembered NYPD Officer Jonathan Diller in their Prayers of the Faithful at Masses.

Judas betrays Jesus with a kiss, 14th-century fresco in the Collegiata of San Gimignano, Italy. Credit: jorisvo/Shutterstock

Why is today called Spy Wednesday?

Mar 27, 2024 / 04:00 am

The name actually derives from the Gospel reading for today in which Judas Iscariot betrays Jesus for 30 pieces of silver.

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New York diocese offers $200 million to abuse victims in largest-ever settlement offer

Nov 30, 2023 / 16:55 pm

The plan includes an immediate cash payout of a minimum of $100,000 to claimants with a lawsuit and a $50,000 minimum to those without a qualifying lawsuit.

Bishop Joseph Strickland of Tyler, Texas. Credit: Peytonlow at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Bishop Strickland refused to resign, cardinal says

Nov 11, 2023 / 09:50 am

Pope Francis removed Bishop Joseph Strickland of Tyler, Texas, from his post Saturday after he refused to resign, according to Cardinal Daniel DiNardo.

Pope Francis meets President Joe Biden on Oct. 29, 2021. Vatican Media/CNA

UPDATE: Pope Francis and U.S. President Biden speak by phone, discuss Israel and Gaza

Oct 22, 2023 / 13:20 pm

Pope Francis and U.S. President Joe Biden spoke by phone on Sunday afternoon, according to the Holy See Press Office.

Former ESPN sportscaster Sage Steele talks with “EWTN News Nightly” host Tracy Sabol on Sept. 6, 2023. Credit: “EWTN News Nightly”/YouTube

Sports anchor Sage Steele: ‘I wouldn’t be standing today without my faith’

Sep 18, 2023 / 12:15 pm

Steele sued ESPN and its parent company in 2022 for violating her free speech rights after she was taken off the air and several high-profile assignments.

Pope Francis greets airline workers as he boards the papal plane for his four-day trip to Mongolia on Aug. 31, 2023. Credit: Vatican Media

Pope sends telegram to China as plane flies over Chinese airspace

Aug 31, 2023 / 20:00 pm

Pope Francis will become the first pope in the history of the Catholic Church to visit Mongolia.

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An update on the status of Fulton Sheen’s beatification cause

Aug 31, 2023 / 09:25 am

Monsignor Jason Gray, executive director of the Archbishop Fulton Sheen Foundation, recently spoke about the status of the beatification of “America’s bishop.”

NFL star Benjamin Watson discusses his work in the pro-life movement with "EWTN News Nightly" host Tracy Sabol on June 22, 2023. Credit: EWTN News Nightly/YouTube

‘Do your job’: What NFL star says pro-lifers can learn from his time with the Patriots

Jul 1, 2023 / 08:00 am

Former New England Patriots tight end Ben Watson says he believes pro-lifers are in a “new fight for life.”