Articles by Daniel Payne
Pennsylvania Catholic students win lawsuit allowing participation in local district sports
Jun 12, 2025 / 10:59 amCatholic parochial school families in Pennsylvania won the right to participate in district sporting events after suing a local school district in federal court.
New York bishops lament ‘dark day’ as state Legislature passes assisted suicide bill
Jun 10, 2025 / 11:34 amThe bishops in New York state are warning of a looming “nightmare” there after the Legislature passed a measure authorizing doctors to participate in assisted suicide.
Pope Leo XIV at Pentecost: The Holy Spirit ‘teaches us to walk together in unity’
Jun 7, 2025 / 16:00 pmThe pontiff addressed a massive crowd, estimated by the Vatican at around 70,000, in St. Peter’s Square on June 7 during a prayer vigil there.
At ecumenical symposium, Pope Leo XIV says Catholic Church open to universal Easter date
Jun 7, 2025 / 11:45 amPope Leo XIV spoke Saturday to participants of the symposium “Nicaea and the Church of the Third Millennium: Towards Catholic-Orthodox Unity.”
Pastor Rick Warren: Christian unity is ‘still the unanswered prayer of Jesus’
Jun 7, 2025 / 10:30 amRick Warren, founder of Saddleback Church in California, spoke to EWTN Vatican Bureau Chief Andreas Thonhauser in Rome on attending a gathering of Global 2033.
Nigerian priest who served in Alaska captured by Boko Haram, bishop says
Jun 5, 2025 / 16:09 pmFairbanks Bishop Steven Maekawa said in a statement this week that Father Alphonsus Afina was captured by Boko Haram in the Nigerian state of Borno.
Supreme Court: Wisconsin violated First Amendment in denying tax break to Catholic charity
Jun 5, 2025 / 12:05 pmThe high court said in its Thursday decision that the First Amendment “mandates government neutrality between religions.”
New Jersey parish employee pleads guilty to stealing nearly $300,000 from 2 churches
Jun 4, 2025 / 13:21 pmA former parish bookkeeper in New Jersey has pleaded guilty to stealing nearly $300,000 from two parishes.
Advocacy group launches campaign urging New York governor to force insurers to pay abuse claims
Jun 3, 2025 / 15:50 pmA victim advocacy group launched an ad campaign urging New York Gov. Kathy Hochul to force insurance companies to pay millions of dollars in abuse claims.
Eucharistic revival urges pilgrims to meet anti-Catholic protests with peace, prayer
May 31, 2025 / 17:15 pmThe Diocese of Tulsa this week was host to the Drexel Route of the 2025 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage, which launched in Indianapolis on May 18.
Researchers publish names of priests, religious who served in Canadian residential schools
May 30, 2025 / 17:23 pmCanadian researchers have published a list of priests who served in controversial Indigenous “residential schools” that operated for more than a century.
Lawsuit says Catholic Charities accountant stole millions using invoices, credit cards
May 29, 2025 / 14:42 pmA lawsuit filed in Wisconsin alleges that an employee of a Catholic Charities affiliate there stole millions of dollars as part of a yearslong scheme involving credit card fraud.
Consulting firm says it paid hackers ransom to delete data of clergy abuse survivors
May 29, 2025 / 13:12 pmCalifornia-based Berkeley Research Group says it paid hackers a ransom to delete data involving abuse survivors after a security breach.
Leaked draft shows Charlotte bishop’s planned crackdown on traditional liturgical customs
May 29, 2025 / 12:42 pmA leaked draft from Charlotte, North Carolina, Bishop Michael Martin shows the prelate’s far-reaching and highly detailed intent to crack down on “older liturgical practices.”
Native group backed by U.S. bishops loses Supreme Court bid to halt sacred land transfer
May 28, 2025 / 17:41 pmThe Supreme Court this week denied a request from the Native American coalition group Apache Stronghold to halt the sale of Oak Flat to a copper mining corporation.
Portland’s Archbishop Emeritus John Vlazny dies at 88
May 28, 2025 / 16:11 pmPortland, Oregon, Archbishop Emeritus John Vlazny, who led the northeastern U.S. archdiocese from 1997 to 2013, died this month at his home near the city.
Cardinal Napier: Church in Africa must ‘bring people together’ to overcome racial divides
May 28, 2025 / 13:21 pmSouth African Cardinal Wilfrid Napier told EWTN this week that the Catholic Church in South Africa can lead in helping overcome decades of apartheid and racial divide.
Diocese of Charlotte will restrict Latin Mass in line with Pope Francis’ directive
May 24, 2025 / 12:30 pmBishop Michael Martin, OFM Conv, issued a statement directing that the ancient liturgy would henceforth be celebrated in an as-yet-unnamed chapel in Mooresville.
Catholics praise defunding of Planned Parenthood in major congressional budget bill
May 22, 2025 / 13:48 pmThe massive spending and tax cut bill, called the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” includes a provision that forbids Medicaid dollars from flowing to abortion providers.
UPDATE: Oklahoma Catholic charter school loses Supreme Court bid for state approval
May 22, 2025 / 12:12 pmThe U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday declined to issue a ruling in a contentious case involving what was proposed to be the nation’s first religious charter school.