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
Pro-lifers speak out as ‘DIY abortion’ amendment advances
Mar 18, 2022 / 04:13 amThe amendment would permanently allow at-home medical abortions.
Three hurt when Catholic charity's van struck by artillery fire in Ukraine
Mar 16, 2022 / 15:05 pmThree volunteers for the U.S.-based Vulnerable People Project were hurt, one critically, when their vehicle came under fire in northwest Ukraine.
Massachusetts prolifers lament Catholic school's choice to honor pro-abortion cabinet member
Mar 14, 2022 / 16:58 pmA coalition of Catholic and pro-life organizations in Massachusetts is speaking out against the decision of a Boston Catholic school to honor U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh with an award named for Blessed Edmund Ignatius Rice.
Arrests made, statues restored at vandalized Catholic Church
Mar 10, 2022 / 16:07 pmThree people were arrested for vandalizing statues of the Holy Family outside a Catholic church in Jacksonville, Florida, Feb. 23.
Catholic charity helping Christians flee Taliban is now active in Ukraine
Mar 10, 2022 / 06:52 amJason Jones' Vulnerable People Project has helped Christians and other minorities escape the Taliban in Afghanistan since U.S. forces pulled out of the country. Now the group's volunteers are working on the ground in Ukraine, leading residents in war zones to safety.
Washington archdiocese drops school mask requirement in DC
Mar 9, 2022 / 17:30 pmMasks are no longer mandatory at Catholic schools in Washington, D.C., the Archdiocese of Washington announced Wednesday.
Burlington bishop removes pastor for disobedience over COVID-19 directives
Mar 8, 2022 / 17:08 pmIn a letter to parishioners of Holy Family Parish in Springfield, Vermont, Bishop Christopher Coyne of Burlington announced that their pastor, Father Peter Williams, is immediately being removed from his position after the priest's months’-long refusal to resign.
Brooklyn auxiliary bishop resigns at age 76
Mar 7, 2022 / 11:13 amThe resignation of Bishop Raymond Francis Chappetto as Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn was accepted Monday by Pope Francis.
Experts respond to Biden: Biology and theology agree, human life begins at conception
Mar 4, 2022 / 11:08 amAfter repeated, recent statements by U.S. President Joe Biden that he does not believe human life begins at the moment of conception, or characterizing such a belief as a matter of faith, scientists and doctors have pointed out that this belief can be arrived at through natural reason -science - alone.
Satanic, vulgar markings deface Holy Family statutes, suspects shown on video
Mar 3, 2022 / 14:00 pmThe vandalism at Holy Family Catholic Church in Jacksonville, Florida, is just one of many such incidents that have occurred in recent weeks, and is part of a worrisome, years-long trend. A U.S. senator is demanding that the Department of Justice to more aggressively prosecute those responsible.
Ukrainian Catholic priest in D.C.: Russia has list of church leaders
Mar 1, 2022 / 15:46 pmA Ukrainian Catholic priest who is the dean of theology at the Catholic University of America says church leaders have been told that Russia has a "list" of bishops in the Ukraine.
Dozens of headstones overturned at Ukrainian Catholic cemetery near Baltimore
Mar 1, 2022 / 03:40 amThe day before Russia invaded Ukraine last week, about 49 headstones at a Ukrainian Catholic cemetery in the outskirts of Baltimore were knocked over.
Russia’s invasion ‘will probably call for martyrdom,’ leader of US Ukrainian Catholics warns
Feb 25, 2022 / 11:12 amReacting to the rapid pace of developments on the first day of Russia’s attack, Archbishop Borys Gudziak said the “unthinkable is possible” for the Church in Ukraine, calling Russian President Vladimir Putin a “sociopath” who is “leading his own country and neighbors into an abyss.”
Franciscans in Syracuse sue for being 'repeatedly disturbed' by loud concerts, marijuana market
Feb 23, 2022 / 17:07 pmThe Conventual Franciscan friars at Assumption Church in Syracuse, New York are suing a music and event venue for disrupting their way of life through hosting loud concerts, blocking the friars’ access to church property, hosting illegal marijuana markets, and more.
You saw the guitar blessing? There was more to that Mass that you missed
Feb 23, 2022 / 14:16 pmA tweeted video clip of a priest using a guitar to bless the congregation at the end of Mass sparked outrage on social media. But other features of the same Mass also raise eyebrows.
Parents, professor vow to keep speaking out against Boston College's booster mandate
Feb 17, 2022 / 15:15 pmA petition and telephone campaign by parents and others opposed to Boston College’s COVID-19 booster shot mandate failed to stop the school’s requirement from taking effect, but critics of the policy, some of whom call it "immoral," say they’re not done speaking out.
'God is just so good,' Super Bowl MVP Cooper Kupp says after his clutch performance
Feb 15, 2022 / 15:05 pm“I don’t feel deserving of this. God is just so good,” Los Angeles Rams' receiver Cooper Kupp said in a postgame interview. “I’m just so thankful for the guys I get to be around, for the coaches, for my family.”
Saddened by restrictions, NFL star speaks out in defense of Traditional Latin Mass
Feb 14, 2022 / 14:20 pmIn an exclusive interview with CNA, Kansas City Chiefs placekicker Harrison Butker shares his love of the Traditional Latin Mass and talks about his struggle to understand why the Vatican is restricting its use.
State drops charges against Father James Jackson, but he's still being prosecuted. Here's why:
Jan 25, 2022 / 16:56 pmIn an expected procedural move, Rhode Island has dropped its child porn charges against Father James Jackson.
NYC pro-abortion activists curse at churchgoers, beam 'God loves abortion' onto St. Patrick's Cathedral
Jan 24, 2022 / 16:15 pmDemonstrators at a Jan. 22 pro-abortion rally used drums, profanity, and laser-projected images to disrupt a Mass and prayer vigil at St. Patrick's Cathedral.