Articles by Kevin J. Jones
Where hospices are at their worst, Christians have a mission
Jul 12, 2019 / 02:09 amIn the wake of terrible conditions of negligence and abuse reported at some U.S. hospice facilities, several Catholic doctors are emphasizing the need for Christians to embrace a ministry of aiding hospice patients and their families.
NY archdiocese suit says insurers can't dodge duties, as abuse claims loom
Jul 3, 2019 / 16:01 pmAfter a New York law temporarily allowed alleged victims of past sexual abuse to file lawsuits that had been barred by legal time limits, the New York archdiocese has filed a lawsuit against 31 insurance companies, charging that many intend to limit or deny insurance claims.
An Italian nun’s expert advice: What you can do to fight human trafficking
Jul 1, 2019 / 02:48 amHuman trafficking is “happening closer to us than we think,” and Catholic groups are increasingly committed to fighting it through advocacy, prayer and action, global anti-trafficking leader Sister Gabriella Bottani, S.M.C., has said.
The ‘dire’ border crisis continues as federal funds run out fast
Jun 21, 2019 / 15:00 pmAmid of a surge of migrants, many of them minors, seeking to cross the U.S.-Mexico border, federal officials have called for emergency funding to address a growing humanitarian crisis. While reports differ, budget constraints have led to cuts to legal aid and educational programs for detained migrant youths.
Disgraced ex-cardinal ‘Mr. McCarrick’ remains at Kansas friary, one year later
Jun 20, 2019 / 03:00 amOne year after credible allegations of sex abuse of a minor led to his public disgrace, the 88-year-old Theodore McCarrick is no longer a cardinal of the Catholic Church, no longer an archbishop, and no longer a cleric. He continues to reside at a Franciscan friary in Kansas, perhaps indefinitely.
Illinois governor signs ‘radical’ abortion expansion, but pro-life leaders predict backlash
Jun 13, 2019 / 10:52 amIllinois’ new abortion law is a “death penalty” for the unborn and will add to pro-life momentum across the U.S., critics said after Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed the bill into law on Wednesday.
Catholic 'gender theory' document: clarity for a wounded, oversexed culture?
Jun 11, 2019 / 02:01 amCatholic commentators have welcomed a Vatican document warning that gender theory is a cultural and ideological revolution that undermines both human dignity and the right understandings of sexual difference and complementarity, though the document was not without its critics.
New global Catholic rules against sex abuse build on decades of work
May 31, 2019 / 14:05 pmThe Vatican’s new global norms mandating sex abuse reporting take effect June 1, but two North American archdioceses say their recent decades’ work against clergy sex abuse means they are largely already compliant with the new global requirements for the Catholic Church.
Pro-life Democrats have key role in party and society, organizer says
May 29, 2019 / 02:10 amPro-life Democrats not only have a place within the Democratic Party today, but can act as a bridge in society during a time of intense polarization, said a leader in the movement.
Injunction against Title X funding rules draws pro-life criticism
Apr 25, 2019 / 14:32 pmPro-life advocates have lamented a federal judge’s preliminary injunction against the federal Protect Life Rule, which bars family planning funds for clinics at the same location as abortion providers and for those which refer for abortion.
Supreme Court to hear sexual orientation, gender identity employment cases
Apr 24, 2019 / 02:30 amIn a decision that could have potentially far-reaching consequences, the U.S. Supreme Court has said it will hear cases involving claims that sexual orientation and gender identity should be included under current federal protections barring sex discrimination.
Dispute over Papal Foundation’s $25 million grant approval continues
Apr 16, 2019 / 16:36 pmScrutiny continues for the U.S.-based Papal Foundation, amid questions of whether some of its grant activity was motivated by a desire to secure leniency for disgraced former cardinal Theodore McCarrick.
In a changed country, poor Americans miss the benefits of marriage most
Apr 10, 2019 / 23:03 pmMarriage has major benefits for children, adults, and society as a whole, said a marriage scholar this week, and the poor and less educated are suffering most from the widening class divide between those who get married and those who don’t.
Abortion takes center stage in state legislatures
Apr 9, 2019 / 15:28 pmWith 2019 well underway, states across the country have seen an increase in bills related to abortion, as pro-life advocates seek more success and abortion rights backers fear Supreme Court decisions.
The last Irish priest in Wyoming
Apr 6, 2019 / 03:00 am“I am the last F.B.I.: foreign-born Irish,” Father Tom Sheridan, a retired priest of the Cheyenne diocese, told CNA.
Colorado's death penalty repeal failure means 'unneeded violence', critic says
Apr 2, 2019 / 15:56 pmA death penalty repeal effort has failed in the Colorado legislature after failing to win enough votes in the Democratic-controlled Senate.
Will LGBT activists split the Methodists?
Mar 29, 2019 / 18:00 pmWhile the United Methodist Church has reaffirmed traditional Christian teaching on controversial LGBT issues, some American leaders in the denomination have rejected that decision, and now are organizing either to resist the decision or split into a new denomination.
Former deacon's $1 million lawsuit challenges Texas diocese's sex abuse claim
Mar 27, 2019 / 16:01 pmA former Catholic deacon has charged that the Diocese of Lubbock wrongly named him on its list of clergy credibly accused of sexual abuse of minors and has filed a lawsuit seeking $1 million.
New Open Society Foundations leader co-founded controversial 'Catholic Spring' groups
Mar 14, 2019 / 14:18 pmThe deeply influential Open Society Foundations has announced that Tom Perriello - a former congressman, pro-abortion rights gubernatorial candidate and co-founder of controversial Catholic political groups linked to John Podesta amid speculation of a “Catholic Spring” revolution against the bishops - will oversee grantmaking and advocacy for the U.S. programs branch of financier George Soros’ philanthropy network.
NY senator who backed abortion law disinvited from Catholic group’s parade
Mar 8, 2019 / 03:02 amControversy over a New York abortion bill resulted in a rebuke for a state senator who has been disinvited from a Huntington, N.Y. Irish-American Catholic group’s St. Patrick’s Day festivities and asked to resign as a member due to his vote for the legislation.