Articles by Daniel Payne
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.
U.S. Supreme Court allows Trump administration to require biological sex on passports
Nov 7, 2025 / 11:56 amThe U.S. Supreme Court said on Thursday that the Trump administration could require passports to display an applicant’s biological sex.
Religious sisters announce historic land return to Wisconsin Native American tribe
Nov 7, 2025 / 06:00 amThe Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration announced the transfer of land back to the Lac du Flambeau Band of the Lake Superior Chippewa tribe on its website.
Prosecutors claim Kansas City diocesan staffer stole $150,000 from scholarship fund
Nov 6, 2025 / 13:15 pmA staffer at the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph allegedly stole more than $150,000 while serving as the leader of a diocesan scholarship program, officials have alleged.
Nancy Pelosi announces she will retire from Congress in 2027
Nov 6, 2025 / 12:15 pmNancy Pelosi, the U.S. Democratic leader who has served in Congress since the late 1980s, announced she will not seek reelection once her current term expires.
Virginia, New Jersey races deliver victory to Democrats amid Trump’s second term
Nov 4, 2025 / 22:17 pmFormer U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, won the gubernatorial race in that state to become the commonwealth’s first woman governor.
CNA explains: The step-by-step process the Church uses to declare someone a saint
Nov 1, 2025 / 04:00 amOn the day the Church celebrates the Church triumphant in heaven, we take a closer look at the formal process the Church uses to declare someone a saint.
Trump says he will ask Chinese president to release Jimmy Lai: ‘It’s on my list’
Oct 25, 2025 / 11:00 amAsked by EWTN News White House Correspondent Owen Jensen if he planned to speak with Xi on the topic of Lai, Trump responded: “I might do that, yeah.”
‘Every execution should be stopped’: How U.S. bishops work to save prisoners on death row
Oct 25, 2025 / 06:00 amBishops in multiple U.S. states are leading efforts to spare the lives of condemned prisoners facing execution.
Alabama executes man by nitrogen gas after Supreme Court denies request for firing squad
Oct 24, 2025 / 11:32 amAnthony Boyd was convicted of capital murder in the 1993 killing of Gregory Huguley in Talladega County, Alabama.
In Virginia, a Founding Father’s Catholic daughter is laid to rest after 185 years
Oct 23, 2025 / 17:04 pmThe Diocese of Richmond, Virginia, held Eliza Monroe Hay’s reinterment at the top of Hollywood Cemetery overlooking the James River on Oct. 23.
After losing to Catholic charity at Supreme Court, Wisconsin seeks to end religious tax break
Oct 22, 2025 / 12:44 pmThe U.S. Supreme Court in June ruled that the state violated the First Amendment when it denied a tax exemption to the Diocese of Superior’s Catholic Charities Bureau.
Fact check: Did the Vatican Library open a prayer room for Muslims?
Oct 21, 2025 / 15:56 pmReports circulating in media outlets and on social media in October 2025 allege that the Vatican has opened a prayer room for Muslims in the Apostolic Library.
New Jersey says parish finance director stole more than $500,000 in church funds
Oct 18, 2025 / 14:15 pmJoseph Manzi has been charged with second-degree theft by unlawful taking after he allegedly stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from St. Leo the Great Parish in Lincroft.
New York man receives $8 million from Diocese of Albany in abuse settlement
Oct 17, 2025 / 15:09 pmA New York man has received an $8 million settlement from the Diocese of Albany over claims that he was abused for years by a priest when he was a child.
‘Watershed moment’: Judge allows class action suit over school’s gender policies
Oct 17, 2025 / 13:19 pmU.S. District Judge Roger Benitez ruled Oct. 15 that the lawsuit Mirabelli v. Olson will proceed as a class action.
Jimmy Lai’s wife, daughter meet Pope Leo XIV in Rome ahead of trial verdict
Oct 16, 2025 / 12:48 pmTeresa and Claire Lai greeted Leo after the general audience on Wednesday, appearing in the black attire traditionally worn by women greeting the pope.
Missouri court says man can sue St. Louis Archdiocese over abuse he repressed for decades
Oct 16, 2025 / 11:48 amA Missouri appeals court has ordered that an alleged victim of decades-old clergy sexual abuse can sue the Archdiocese of St. Louis.
Pope Leo XIV appoints Cardinal Cupich to Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State
Oct 15, 2025 / 15:43 pmPope Leo XIV has appointed Chicago Archbishop Cardinal Blase Cupich to the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State, the Holy See said on Wednesday.
Florida bishop urges faithful to ‘welcome the foreigner’ amid immigrant family separations
Oct 15, 2025 / 12:45 pmPensacola-Tallahassee Bishop William Wack called for immigration reform while urging the faithful to be welcoming to immigrants.