Tina Dennelly

Tina Dennelly

Tina Dennelly is Senior Copy Editor for Catholic News Agency. She is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and has more than 25 years of experience writing and editing for Catholic newspapers, magazines, books, and other media.

Articles by Tina Dennelly

Michigan State University students attend a prayer service on Feb. 14, 2023, for those killed and injured at the university in East Lansing, Michigan, on Feb. 13, 2023. Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images

‘Understand that he still loves you’: Catholics mourn victims of Michigan State shooting

Feb 15, 2023 / 12:31 pm

A Mass was offered Tuesday night at St. John Church and Student Center on MSU’s campus for the repose of the souls of those who died.

Statues of Joseph and Mary were stolen from a Nativity scene at St. Patrick’s Co-Cathedral in Billings, Montana, after vandals destroyed the statues the night of Jan. 16, 2023. The statues were found Jan. 26, 2023. Credit: Montana Television Network News/Screenshot

A ‘hate crime’ at Montana Catholic churches? Some think so

Jan 27, 2023 / 15:56 pm

Vandals destroyed a Nativity scene at St. Patrick’s Co-Cathedral in Billings, Montana, the night of Jan. 16.

FBI agents arrive at a farm on Jan. 24, 2023, where a mass shooting occurred in Half Moon Bay, California, the day before. Seven people were killed at two separate farm locations that were only a few miles apart. The suspect, Chunli Zhao, was taken into custody a few hours later without incident. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

‘Never take human life for granted,’ Archbishop Cordileone says after second mass shooting

Jan 24, 2023 / 13:30 pm

In the wake of yet another mass shooting in California, Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone released a statement Monday reminding people of the frailty of human life.

Inez Arakaki and her son Zachary place flowers on a makeshift memorial site in front of the Star Dance Studio in Monterey Park, California, on Jan. 23, 2023, where 10 people were shot dead late on Jan. 21, 2023. California police searched on Jan. 23, 2023 for what compelled a 72-year-old man of Asian descent to shoot dead 10 people as they celebrated Lunar New Year at a dance hall in the Los Angeles suburbs. Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images

Los Angeles archbishop prays for victims of shooting at dance studio

Jan 23, 2023 / 11:30 am

Los Angeles Archbishop José Gomez on Sunday offered prayers for victims of a Saturday shooting at a Monterey Park, California, ballroom dance studio.