Articles by Daniel Payne
Vatican reverses several parish closures in Diocese of Buffalo, advocates say
Dec 9, 2025 / 13:00 pmThe Vatican’s Dicastery for Clergy has declared that several parishes in the Diocese of Buffalo, New York can remain open after Bishop Michael Fisher ordered their closure.
FBI leader who oversaw Catholic investigation tapped to lead Virginia public safety department
Dec 9, 2025 / 11:45 amThe Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) special agent who oversaw the office responsible for an investigation into Catholics will lead Virginia’s safety office.
New York archdiocese will pursue $300 million settlement for victims of clergy abuse
Dec 9, 2025 / 09:30 amThe Archdiocese of New York will pay $300 million to victims of clergy sex abuse, Cardinal Timothy Dolan said.
What is ‘papal infallibility?’ CNA explains an often-misunderstood Church teaching
Dec 8, 2025 / 06:00 amFather Patrick Flanagan, an association professor of theology at St. John’s University, told CNA the doctrine of papal infallibility “does not concern the pope’s character.”
Virginia school district concedes lawsuit by Catholic student over transgender policies
Dec 5, 2025 / 12:07 pmA Catholic Virginia student will receive payments including attorney’s fees after a school district conceded a lawsuit over the district’s transgender policies.
Buffalo bishop will allow faithful to meet at parishes to oppose closures, mergers
Dec 4, 2025 / 14:07 pmBishop Michael Fisher is permitting Catholics to meet at Buffalo, New York, parishes while they work to oppose diocesan-mandated parish closures.
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Archbishop Broglio: Drug cartels must be stopped, but not with ‘violence outside the law’
Dec 4, 2025 / 12:07 pmU.S. Military Services Archbishop Timothy Broglio is urging the country’s leaders to refrain from killing noncombatants while neutralizing violent drug cartels.
Canadian government set to remove religious exemptions from hate-speech laws
Dec 2, 2025 / 18:04 pmLawmakers with the Liberal Party of Canada have reportedly struck a deal with the Bloc Québécois party to remove the religious exemptions from the national code.
Ohio Catholic high school and diocese hit with 4 lawsuits over alleged student-led abuse
Dec 2, 2025 / 13:03 pmThe Diocese of Youngstown, Ohio, and one of its Catholic high schools are facing multiple lawsuits over the alleged mishandling of bullying and student-led abuse.
Colorado school to pay $10 million for ordering Catholic doctor, others to get COVID shot
Dec 2, 2025 / 12:33 pmThe University of Colorado’s medical school will pay out a massive eight-figure settlement after it required multiple staffers to obtain the COVID-19 vaccination.
Archdiocese of Chicago kept ‘known serial predators’ in ministry for years, lawsuits say
Nov 25, 2025 / 16:31 pmMultiple lawsuits allege the Archdiocese of Chicago kept two priests in active ministry despite years of “mounting complaints” of child sexual abuse.
Belarus pardons 2 Catholic priests after talks with Vatican
Nov 20, 2025 / 12:12 pmTwo Catholic priests in Belarus will be released from prison in an act of “goodwill” after national leaders engaged in talks with the Vatican.
Catholic advocates petition New York foundation to fund pensions, church preservation
Nov 20, 2025 / 10:40 amAdvocates in New York state are petitioning a Catholic foundation to help fund major pension shortages, church preservation efforts, and sex abuse victims.
Maine court to rule if mother can take daughter to church over father’s objections
Nov 19, 2025 / 12:23 pmThe Maine State Supreme Court is considering whether to give a mother the right to take her daughter to church amid a dispute with the child’s father.
CNA explains: Why does the Catholic Church prohibit ‘gay marriage’?
Nov 17, 2025 / 06:00 amThe Catholic Church has continued to affirm the definition of marriage as exclusively between one man and one woman — why?
Denver Archdiocese, Catholic schools ask Supreme Court for access to preschool program
Nov 15, 2025 / 11:00 amThe petition comes after a U.S. Court of Appeals ruled in September that Colorado may continue to exclude Catholic preschools from its Universal Preschool Program.
Iowa man receives life in prison for 2023 stabbing of Nebraska priest
Nov 14, 2025 / 11:04 amKierre Williams last month pleaded guilty to the assault that claimed the life of Father Stephen Gutgsell.
U.S. bishops pass directive forbidding transgender surgeries at Catholic hospitals
Nov 13, 2025 / 13:20 pmThe prelates voted on Nov. 12 to direct hospitals to “preserve the integrity of the human body” when treating individuals with gender dysphoria.
Sister Mary Michael, last of Mother Angelica’s founding nuns, dies at 94
Nov 12, 2025 / 15:54 pmSister Mary Michael of the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus, PCPA, died on Nov. 10 after roughly three-quarters of a century of religious life. She was 94.
Arizona man sentenced to prison after hoax bomb threats at Christian churches
Nov 11, 2025 / 11:40 amAn Arizona man will serve more than half a decade in prison after he carried out multiple hoax bomb threats at churches in the western U.S.