Articles by Daniel Payne
Six pro-life activists convicted of federal FACE Act charges, face over a decade in prison
Jan 31, 2024 / 10:40 amThe defendants were “each convicted of a felony conspiracy against rights and a Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act offense.”
Study: Texas fertility rate rose after ‘Heartbeat Act’
Jan 30, 2024 / 11:30 amThe fertility rate in Texas rose by a statistically significant amount in the wake of the state’s pro-life laws, a University of Houston study has found.
State-level marches for life bring message of hope to state capitals
Jan 29, 2024 / 18:30 pmPro-life advocates are taking their message to various state capital cities, where the culture of life continues to hang in the balance this year.
Cancellation of Illinois scholarship forces some Catholic schools to close their doors
Jan 26, 2024 / 15:00 pmThe program made it possible for 5,000 low-income families to send their children to Catholic schools, according to the Archdiocese of Chicago.
Pope Francis names U.S. Catholic marriage advocates as advisers to Vatican family dicastery
Jan 26, 2024 / 10:40 amThe Holy Father named Ryan and Mary Rose Verret of the marriage ministry Witness to Love as consultants to the Dicastery for the Laity, Family, and Life.
Kentucky bishop dismisses priests who derided novus ordo Mass as ‘irrelevant’
Jan 25, 2024 / 11:30 amCovington Bishop John Iffert announced his decision in a letter to members of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in Park Hills, Kentucky.
EWTN mourns death of Father Elias Leyds, ‘heart’ of Low Countries apostolate
Jan 25, 2024 / 09:42 amThe Eternal Word Television Network this week mourned the unexpected death of Father Elias Leyds, CSJ, the founder of EWTN Low Countries.
Caravaggio painted two masterpieces of St. Paul’s conversion — why?
Jan 25, 2024 / 04:00 amOn the feast of the conversion of St. Paul, we look at the mystery behind Caravaggio’s two famous paintings of the great apostle’s conversion moment.
Bishops praise bipartisan deal on enhanced child tax credit proposal
Jan 24, 2024 / 12:00 pmArchbishop Borys Gudziak said in a Wednesday statement that the recently proposed modification to the tax credit “makes meaningful progress.”
Bishops call for ‘universal nuclear disarmament’ on anniversary of treaty
Jan 23, 2024 / 11:17 amThe treaty “is another historic step on the journey toward hope, toward the light, toward a world free of nuclear weapons,” the prelates said.
House Speaker Mike Johnson: ‘My parents were teenagers when I was born’ a year before Roe
Jan 22, 2024 / 19:00 pm“This is an important thing to support young mothers who are in times of crisis in unplanned situations, to support families,” the GOP House speaker said.
Ron DeSantis suspends presidential campaign after second-place finish in Iowa
Jan 21, 2024 / 16:38 pmThe Florida governor had placed distantly behind former President Donald Trump in the Iowa caucuses.
Medical group works to combat ‘disastrous consequences of identity politics’ in medicine
Jan 20, 2024 / 07:00 amDo No Harm is a nonprofit advocacy group that combats what it calls the “disastrous consequences of identity politics” in modern medicine.
Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh makes surprise March for Life appearance
Jan 19, 2024 / 17:17 pm“It’s a great example that you’re setting,” Harbaugh told the crowd at a rally before the pro-life march. “It’s testimony, for the sanctity of life.”
House to consider bill to halt Biden administration’s defunding of crisis pregnancy centers
Jan 17, 2024 / 13:30 pmThe bill, titled the Supporting Pregnant and Parenting Women and Families Act, is scheduled to be considered on Thursday.
How a Supreme Court case involving herring fishermen affects the Little Sisters of the Poor
Jan 16, 2024 / 15:30 pmThe Supreme Court will hear oral arguments this week in Loper Bright Enterprises, Inc. v. Gina Raimondo.
Antisemitic incidents in U.S. up by more than 350% since start of Israel-Hamas war
Jan 12, 2024 / 17:08 pmThe Anti-Defamation League said that since Oct. 7, when Hamas invaded Israel, “there was an average of nearly 34 antisemitic incidents per day.”
Hostages taken in Hamas terror attack approach 100th day in captivity
Jan 12, 2024 / 14:40 pmOver 100 hostages of the conflict are still estimated to be held in Gaza, with advocates and global groups drawing attention to their plight.
Irish Medical Council strips directive banning ‘deliberate killing’ of patients
Jan 11, 2024 / 12:45 pmThe council changed its directive on end-of-life care to remove a line that said doctors should “not participate in the deliberate killing of a patient by active means.”
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Judge dismisses Notre Dame professor’s lawsuit against student newspaper
Jan 10, 2024 / 12:00 pmSociology professor Tamara Kay last year sued the Irish Rover over reports that depicted her as supportive of expanding access to abortion.