Jonah McKeown

Jonah McKeown

Jonah McKeown is a staff writer and podcast producer for Catholic News Agency. He holds a Master’s Degree from the University of Missouri School of Journalism and has worked as a writer, as a producer for public radio, and as a videographer. He is based in St. Louis.

Articles by Jonah McKeown

Archbishop Oscaro Romero with young people in El Salvador in this undated file photo. Photo courtesy of Arzobispado de San Salvador/Oficina de la Causa de Canonizacion.

Blessed Oscar Romero's legacy of charity in El Salvador

Oct 11, 2018 / 02:01 am

Oscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdamez, better known as Blessed Oscar Romero, once said that if El Salvador’s military oppressors killed him, he would “arise in the Salvadoran people.”

The March for Life in Washington, D.C., Jan. 27, 2017. Jeff Bruno.

There's only one abortion clinic left in Missouri

Oct 4, 2018 / 13:21 pm

Abortions at the Planned Parenthood clinic in Columbia, Missouri ended this week after the facility failed to adhere to state rules, and its state license to perform abortions expired Oct. 3. This leaves Missouri with one clinic licensed to perform abortions, located in St. Louis.

St. John Paul II at the General Audience in St. Peter's Square, Oct. 21, 1981. L'Osservatore Romano.

Recalling St John Paul II's message to youth

Oct 2, 2018 / 10:40 am

“Always be prepared to make a defence....for the hope that is in you.”

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Curtis Martin focused on 'Making Missionary Disciples'

Sep 27, 2018 / 15:41 pm

In a new book, evangelist Curtis Martin offers a plan to help equip the next "generation" of Christian disciples for evangelization.

A. and I. Kruk / Shutterstock.

New US law aims to prosecute websites that facilitate sex trafficking  

Apr 12, 2018 / 12:02 pm

A new law aims to make it easier to prosecute websites that knowingly facilitate sex trafficking, such as Backpage.com.

Dr. Tom Burnford. Jonah McKeown/CNA

Catholic schools are ‘instruments of the new evangelization,’ NCEA president says

Feb 2, 2018 / 05:00 am

Dr. Tom Burnford, president and CEO of the National Catholic Educational Association, spoke to CNA’s Jonah McKeown during Catholic Schools Week 2018 about his Catholic education  and the evangelizing mission of Catholic schools in the United States.