Joe Bukuras

Joe Bukuras

Joe Bukuras is a multi-award-winning journalist and a law student at the University of Massachusetts. Formerly a staff reporter for CNA, Joe has covered several high-profile legal battles, including those of Mark Houck, former cardinal Theodore McCarrick, and Father James Jackson. His exclusive reporting has been cited by leading news sources such as The Associated Press, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Vanity Fair, People, The New York Post, The Times of Israel, The Telegraph, The Guardian, Fox News, and Daily Mail UK.

Articles by Joe Bukuras

Steubenville-Columbus diocesan merger halted one week before vote at U.S. bishops’ meeting

Nov 9, 2022 / 10:30 am

Diocese of Steubenville Bishop Jeffrey Monforton announced Monday that a proposed merger with the Diocese of Columbus will be put on hold.

New Orleans priest facing rape charges also accused of embezzling $400,000

Nov 8, 2022 / 15:40 pm

A suspended Archdiocese of New Orleans priest who is facing rape charges could now be facing additional federal charges for financial malfeasance.

Sunday Mass obligation re-instituted for Catholics in the Archdiocese of Chicago

Nov 8, 2022 / 15:17 pm

The restoration of the Sunday Mass obligation goes into effect on Nov. 26 and 27, the First Sunday of Advent.

Diocese of Rochester agrees to pay $55 million to sex abuse survivors

Nov 7, 2022 / 15:15 pm

The diocese filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in September 2019 in an attempt to reach a settlement with hundreds of sexual abuse survivors.

So, about all those swear words in 'Father Stu': A cleaned-up version is on the way!

Nov 5, 2022 / 10:00 am

About 100 profanities were cut from the new version of the Mark Wahlberg film.

Bishop Barron, expressing ‘outrage,’ vows to reconsecrate vandalized cemetery

Nov 3, 2022 / 13:03 pm

One or more vandals left behind vulgar messages and the words “In Satan we trust” at the diocesan Calvary Cemetery in Rochester, Minnesota, on Halloween night.

At All Souls’ Day Mass, Arlington bishop implores prayers for the faithful departed

Nov 2, 2022 / 15:30 pm

The Mass, attended by about 750 people, was followed by Bishop Michael Burbidge's blessing of the gravesites of deceased priests.

‘Miracle’ caught on video: Priest escapes unharmed when SUV hurdles his car

Nov 1, 2022 / 14:10 pm

Something extraordinary happened to Father John Bok as he was heading to Mass on the feast of the Guardian Angels.

New Orleans priest arrested again on sexual abuse of minor charge

Oct 28, 2022 / 13:05 pm

Father Patrick Wattigny, 55, was originally arrested in October 2020 and entered a plea of not guilty to molestation of a juvenile that allegedly occurred in 2013.

This American exorcist started a TikTok channel to help souls navigate ‘dangerous territory’

Oct 27, 2022 / 16:00 pm

Monsignor Stephen Rossetti started a TikTok channel last month after noticing the social media platform was introducing kids to something other than harmless videos.

New York State to assume some oversight of Buffalo Diocese after sex abuse settlement

Oct 26, 2022 / 09:00 am

The Diocese of Buffalo has settled a two-year-old lawsuit with New York Attorney General Letitia James over charges that it covered up sexual abuse cases involving priests.

COVID setback: Public school students in some grades lost more ground than Catholic school students

Oct 26, 2022 / 07:45 am

More than 90% of Catholic schools held in-person learning for five days a week during the pandemic. Only about 56% of public schools did the same.

New film about Polish cardinal’s fight against communism coming in November

Oct 20, 2022 / 14:22 pm

In U.S. theaters Nov. 15 and 17, “Prophet” relates the important events in the life of Blessed Stefan Wyszyński, who helped lead the Polish people out of one of the darkest periods of their history.

A Marian shrine for persecuted Christians to open in Massachusetts

Oct 20, 2022 / 12:00 pm

The installation at St. John the Guardian of Our Lady Parish in the Diocese of Worcester will be followed by the world premiere of the “Mass for Persecuted Christians.” 

Chicago parish community defends Father Pfleger after his suspension for alleged abuse

Oct 18, 2022 / 18:00 pm

During an Oct. 16 Mass at St. Sabina Faith Community in Chicago, the celebrant and the community expressed support for pastor Father Michael Pfleger.

Mark Houck: My family’s photo is on Mother Teresa’s tomb

Oct 17, 2022 / 16:11 pm

The Catholic pro-life father of seven who was arrested last month after a controversial FBI raid at his home, says the Missionaries of Charity placed a photo of his family on her tomb.

When there’s a problem, ‘we just pray’: Lebanese teen started charity to get medical care to poor

Oct 15, 2022 / 09:00 am

Marina Khawand, a 19-year-old woman from Beirut, says she never would have been able to help the thousands of ill or injured Lebanese without God.

New Yorkers pause to encounter Christ in the Eucharist on the streets of Manhattan

Oct 15, 2022 / 07:00 am

The eucharistic procession traveled the 20-minute walk past Radio City Music Hall and the Rockefeller Center to St. Patrick’s Cathedral on 5th Avenue.

German Cardinal Gerhard Müller visits home of Mark Houck, target of FBI raid

Oct 14, 2022 / 15:00 pm

German Cardinal Gerhard Müller visited the home and family of Mark Houck, a pro-life father of seven who was arrested on Sept. 23 by FBI agents. 

VIDEO: Pro-abortion vandals caught in the act of spray-painting Michigan church 

Oct 12, 2022 / 16:38 pm

The three individuals can be seen approaching the Church of the Resurrection in Lansing on foot and spray-painting graffiti on the walkway, the doors, and the church’s sign before fleeing the scene.