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
Ted Cruz demands DC preserve bodies of five late-term aborted babies for investigation
Feb 9, 2024 / 18:40 pmDozens of federal lawmakers and pro-life activists have called for an investigation and autopsy to determine if the babies were killed in violation of federal law.
Brother and sister who are bishop and nun say faithful parents helped foster vocations
Feb 9, 2024 / 15:15 pmFor Bishop William Byrne and his sibling Sister Dede Byrne, it was their parents’ daily devotion to the Eucharist that helped foster openness to religious life.
Carmelite nuns move from New York to Florida in pursuit of ‘silence and solitude’
Feb 8, 2024 / 17:10 pm“Prayerful greetings from sunny Florida!” a February message on the religious community’s website said.
Pro-life groups ask Congress to ‘intervene’ in disposal of aborted baby bodies
Feb 8, 2024 / 09:37 amThe secular pro-life group Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising (PAAU) originally obtained the remains of the aborted babies in March 2022.
Pediatric pushback on ‘trans kids’ treatments
Feb 7, 2024 / 18:40 pmYouth who identify as a gender other than their biological sex have high rates of mental health issues, the American College of Pediatricians said.
Remains of DC aborted babies reportedly to be destroyed with no chance of autopsy
Feb 6, 2024 / 17:40 pmFederal lawmakers and pro-life activists have called for an investigation and autopsy to determine the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 was violated.
Freedom of religion is ‘deteriorating’ in Hong Kong, new report says
Feb 6, 2024 / 11:30 amThe Chinese government is now tightening its grip on the region of more than 7 million residents, a Jan. 30 report on religious persecution said.
Cardinal Zen discusses his new book for Lent and concerns for the Church
Feb 2, 2024 / 16:22 pmIn an interview with Raymond Arroyo, Cardinal Joseph Zen discussed his new book “Cardinal Zen’s Lenten Reflections” and recent matters within the Church.
National Prayer Breakfast brings politicians together ‘in the spirit of Jesus’
Feb 1, 2024 / 17:35 pmAt the 2024 National Prayer Breakfast, the nation’s top political leaders prayed for guidance, safety, reconciliation, and unity.
U.S. Supreme Court to hear major abortion pill case in March
Jan 31, 2024 / 15:24 pmThe decision in the case could determine whether the abortion pill mifepristone can be prescribed by telemedicine or sent through the mail.
Maryland bishops denounce assisted-suicide bill
Jan 31, 2024 / 13:25 pm“We are deeply disappointed to learn that once again the Maryland General Assembly will debate whether to legalize physician-assisted suicide,” the bishops said.
Amid chaplain shortage, military archdiocese appoints new vocations director
Jan 30, 2024 / 14:40 pmThe Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA, has appointed a new interim vocations director to focus on recruiting more Catholic chaplains to address the shortage of priests.
Catholic University fires professor who hosted ‘abortion doula’ in class
Jan 30, 2024 / 13:53 pmAn email from the school’s president, Peter Kilpatrick, obtained by CNA said that the school began an investigation into the controversy last week.
Six pro-lifers face FACE Act charges in Tennessee, could see 11 years in jail
Jan 26, 2024 / 16:30 pmThe activists were videotaped walking into an abortion clinic and blocking access to the door by sitting in front of it.
Catholic by the numbers: New religious brothers and sisters have a lot in common
Jan 25, 2024 / 17:30 pmA new survey report polled 48 religious brothers and priests and 53 religious sisters in the U.S. who professed perpetual vows in 2023.
Catholics in Massachusetts, New York urged to oppose assisted suicide bills
Jan 24, 2024 / 16:45 pmIn both states efforts are underway to legalize assisted suicide.
Latin Mass held in Capitol on anniversary of FBI memo targeting traditional Catholics
Jan 23, 2024 / 19:25 pmRyan Ellis, treasurer of the Arlington Latin Mass Society, told CNA Tuesday that the event had the support of House Speaker Mike Johnson.
Servant of God Joseph Dutton’s cause for canonization sent to Vatican
Jan 23, 2024 / 15:00 pmIn the Diocese of Honolulu, Hawaii, the local phase concluded Sunday for the cause of canonization of Servant of God Joseph Dutton.
Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America lays out political strategy for 2024
Jan 22, 2024 / 12:21 pmThe pro-life organization says its 2024 political plan will focus on the work of pro-life pregnancy centers and maternity homes.
Snapshots from the March for Life: Boston Archdiocese brings more than 500 to DC
Jan 20, 2024 / 06:00 amThe group marched under the Archdiocese of Boston’s large yellow and blue “Witness to Life” banner with their archbishop, Cardinal Sean O’Malley.