Articles by Daniel Payne
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.
At U.S. ‘supermax’ prison, foreign-born Muslim with no arms files religious liberty suit
Oct 13, 2025 / 06:00 amThe case underscores just how extensively the principles of religious liberty have been applied in the United States.
Man desecrates altar of St. Peter’s Basilica
Oct 11, 2025 / 16:28 pmThe man climbed the altar and “urinated under the stunned gaze of hundreds of tourists,” according to the Roman newspaper Corriere Della Sera.
Brooklyn usher murdered in subway remembered as ‘tremendous man of faith’
Oct 10, 2025 / 15:37 pmA Catholic man who served as an usher at his Brooklyn parish before being brutally murdered is remembered for his “tremendous” faith in Christ.
Washington state drops effort to make priests violate seal of confession in reporting law
Oct 10, 2025 / 14:37 pmA motion filed in federal district court Oct. 10 affirmed that state and local governments would stop attempting to require priests to report child abuse learned in confession.
Pope Leo XIV addresses immigration policies in meeting with Chicago labor leaders
Oct 9, 2025 / 12:25 pmPope Leo XIV addressed immigration and respect for vulnerable migrants in a meeting with Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago and labor leaders at the Vatican.