Articles by Kevin J. Jones
Arkansas’ narrow defeat of religious freedom proposal has a backstory
Nov 14, 2022 / 15:29 pmAs of Friday, 50.43% of voters rejected Issue 3, the Arkansas Religious Freedom Amendment.
‘We weep with Jesus’: Catholic bishops lament pro-abortion ballot victories
Nov 11, 2022 / 08:00 amAs pro-abortion measures won on state ballots and pro-life measures faced defeat, Catholic bishops responded to election results with profound disappointment.
With no pro-life laws, Colorado sees abortion numbers spike
Nov 8, 2022 / 12:35 pmA new study has shown that the number of abortions in Colorado has spiked, in part because more women come from out of state seeking to procure abortions.
Soros, Bloomberg pump millions into Michigan abortion push
Nov 7, 2022 / 14:15 pmBillionaires George Soros and Michael Bloomberg, joined by a “dark money” group, are funding Michigan’s Proposal 3 to make abortion a state constitutional right.
Prayer rally to defeat Michigan abortion amendment is victim of ‘pro-choice cyber attack’
Nov 4, 2022 / 16:00 pmOrganizers of the pro-life rally had asked attendees to register to help with preparations, but phony registrations came in from IP addresses in other states.
FBI: New Jersey synagogues face credible ‘broad threat’
Nov 3, 2022 / 17:00 pm“The FBI has received credible information of a broad threat to synagogues in NJ,” the Newark office of the FBI said on Twitter Thursday afternoon.
Irish priest reprimanded by bishop for homilies about sin
Nov 2, 2022 / 14:30 pmIn his sermon, the Irish priest said “you rarely hear about sin, but it’s rampant,” adding: “We see it in the promotion of abortion. We see it for example in this lunatic approach of transgenderism.”
Chicago Catholics bury the remains of indigent adults and unborn babies in annual ceremony
Nov 1, 2022 / 15:10 pm“We come here to mourn the loss of 202 souls … who were in need of a sense of compassion in the world,” Father Lawrence Sullivan, the archdiocese's cemetery director, said.
Will war chaplain Willie Doyle be Ireland’s next saint?
Oct 31, 2022 / 17:15 pmDoyle was an Irish military chaplain for the British Army who served heroically on the battlefields of World War I and died trying to rescue two Protestant soldiers.
Irish bishop-to-be encourages ‘new generation’ of Christian witness
Oct 28, 2022 / 16:35 pmFather Niall Coll, a parish priest and longtime university professor from the north side of Ireland, is Pope Francis’ choice to head the country’s southeastern Diocese of Ossory.
Canada census shows 2 million fewer Catholics as disaffiliation grows
Oct 27, 2022 / 19:00 pmThe Catholic population in Canada has declined by almost 2 million people in the last 10 years, the Canadian census has found in a report.
Uvalde schoolkids send letters to Pope Francis — and he sends his blessings
Oct 27, 2022 / 13:50 pmThe letters, many of which included drawings, come from Uvalde’s Sacred Heart Catholic School, where many Robb Elementary students transferred.
Mark your calendars! International Eucharistic Congress set for September 2024
Oct 26, 2022 / 15:30 pmThe theme of the next International Eucharistic Congress, to be held in Quito, Ecuador, will be the healing power of Christian fraternity.
UK government funds abortion in Northern Ireland as pro-life groups object
Oct 25, 2022 / 20:00 pmChris Heaton-Harris, secretary of state for Northern Ireland, said Monday that the U.K. government will “ensure the commissioning of abortion services.”
Biden ‘gravely wrong’ to push abortion, Catholic bishops say
Oct 25, 2022 / 17:00 pmPresident Joe Biden, a professed Catholic, must end his “single-minded” abortion extremism and see the humanity in unborn children, the U.S. bishops said.
Is new Pontifical Academy of Life appointee pro-abortion? She won’t say
Oct 25, 2022 / 12:00 pmSheila Dinotshe Tlou is an outspoken advocate of artificial birth control, which the Catholic Church says is morally unacceptable.
Islamist rebels kill nun, six others at Catholic hospital in DR Congo
Oct 21, 2022 / 17:00 pmA Catholic nun serving in the Democratic Republic of the Congo was among the seven people killed Wednesday evening when gunmen aligned with the Islamic State attacked a Catholic mission hospital in a raid.
Another Pontifical Academy for Life member criticizes overturning Roe v. Wade
Oct 21, 2022 / 13:00 pmBioethicist Roberto Dell’Oro argues that the Dobbs decision violates women’s “autonomy.”
What two future popes saw at the Second Vatican Council
Oct 18, 2022 / 09:00 amSixty years ago this month, Vatican II brought together bishops, Catholic leaders, and even non-Catholic observers to reflect on the role of the Church in the modern world.
Denouncing clergy sex abuse, Santa Fe Archdiocese files $121 million settlement plan
Oct 13, 2022 / 17:04 pmLamenting the damage that abusive Catholic clergy have caused to sexual abuse victims, the Archdiocese of Santa Fe submitted its reorganization plan to a bankruptcy judge.