Articles by Daniel Payne
UNICEF director warns of looming ‘catastrophe’ in Gaza as water supplies dwindle
Oct 31, 2023 / 17:30 pmThe director warned this week of a looming humanitarian disaster in Gaza as clean drinking water supplies reportedly dwindle to dangerously low levels.
Kansas judge blocks several state pro-life laws ahead of 2024 trial
Oct 31, 2023 / 17:00 pmPro-life advocates had predicted that the state’s abortion regulations would be struck down after the defeat of a pro-life ballot initiative last year.
Assault at San Francisco Catholic church leads to police pursuit, reported pipe bomb
Oct 30, 2023 / 15:48 pmThe incident began after an individual received Communion but did not consume the host.
UN refugee director: Needs in Gaza ‘immense,’ aid ‘meager and inconsistent’
Oct 30, 2023 / 11:16 amThe U.N. said Sunday that “thousands of desperate people” had “stormed U.N.-operated warehouses” and other aid distribution centers in the Gaza region.
Satanic Temple loses lawsuit against Indiana pro-life law
Oct 27, 2023 / 10:40 amDistrict Court Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson tossed out the lawsuit, claiming that the Satanic Temple had failed to show it had any standing to bring it in the first place.
UPDATE: Multiple people killed in Wednesday mass shootings in Maine
Oct 26, 2023 / 09:12 amMedia reports listed anywhere from 15 to 22 dead, with dozens more injured, in Lewiston, Maine. The search for a suspect of interest is underway.
Pope Francis recognizes miracle that paves way for first female Argentinian saint
Oct 25, 2023 / 15:30 pmBlessed María Antonia of Saint Joseph, known as “Mama Antula,” was the founder of the House for Spiritual Exercises in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Texas county becomes largest yet in state to enact abortion ‘travel ban’
Oct 24, 2023 / 14:30 pmThe ban on transport applies “if the transportation of such individual begins, ends, or passes through the unincorporated area of Lubbock County.”
Oklahoma attorney general files lawsuit against nation’s first religious charter school
Oct 23, 2023 / 09:27 amState Attorney General Gentner Drummond, a Republican, announced the lawsuit in a press release on his website on Oct. 20.
Pope Francis criticizes West for trying to export ‘its own type of democracy’
Oct 23, 2023 / 08:45 am“Saddam Hussein was certainly not a little angel, on the contrary,” Francis said, “but Iraq was a fairly stable country.”
Church aid group warns of ‘devastation’ amid efforts to reach Christians in Hamas war
Oct 20, 2023 / 15:00 pmAid to the Church in Need is working in the Holy Land, including the West Bank, to offer assistance in any way possible right now.
Cameroonian archdiocese launching perpetual adoration at ‘every parish,’ archbishop says
Oct 20, 2023 / 14:30 pmArchbishop Andrew Fuanya Nkea said at a press conference at the Vatican that “every parish is building a chapel of perpetual adoration” in his archdiocese.
At Vatican Observatory, astronomers reveal thousands of newly discovered galaxies
Oct 20, 2023 / 11:35 amThe findings at the October conference “pave the road for a better understanding of the structure of the Milky Way and the formation of all galaxies in general.”
World Jewish Congress leader asks pope to use ‘moral authority’ to help Israeli hostages
Oct 19, 2023 / 13:30 pmIn his meeting with the pope, Ronald Lauder urged the pontiff “to use your power, to use your strength, to get these hostages released.”
Hamas says Israel behind deadly hospital blast; Israel blames terrorist group
Oct 17, 2023 / 17:18 pmNews reports on Tuesday said Al-Ahli Arabi Baptist hospital had been hit with a strike that killed as many as 500.
‘It touches every family’: Israeli man says niece among those kidnapped by Hamas
Oct 17, 2023 / 15:10 pmElad Levy, the uncle of Roni Eshel, told “EWTN News Nightly” that the family last heard from Eshel just before the attacks began.
‘Each of us is loved’: California bishops’ letter shows Church response to gender ideology
Oct 16, 2023 / 13:18 pmThe joint letter follows other documents and pastoral letters issued by prelates to offer clarity and guidance regarding topics of gender and sexual identity.
Jerusalem bishop discusses hopes for cease-fire, ‘two-state solution’ to Israel-Hamas war
Oct 16, 2023 / 08:25 amBishop William Hanna Shomali’s interview with EWTN New’s “Vaticano” program aired Oct. 15.
Israel urges civilians in northern Gaza to evacuate
Oct 13, 2023 / 11:32 amIn a message posted to its X account on Friday, the Israeli government “call[ed] on civilians in northern Gaza to evacuate the area.”
Pew study: Christianity still most common religion among Asian Americans
Oct 12, 2023 / 12:38 pmThe think tank said in a release this week that “about a third of Asian American adults (34%) say their present religion is Christianity.”