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
WATCH: Students at Catholic college target pro-life talk with obscenity-laced protest
Dec 7, 2021 / 12:10 pmThe University of San Diego will not say if any students who shouted obscenities and displayed vulgar signs during a recent pro-choice demonstration on the Catholic college’s campus will be disciplined.
Workers in NYC face COVID vaccine mandate, causing 'worry' at some Catholic schools
Dec 6, 2021 / 17:18 pmCatholic and other private school employees in New York City are speaking out against a city mandate that they been vaccinated against COVID-19.
Report: Hundreds of sex abuse lawsuits filed against New Jersey Catholic priests during 2-year window
Dec 3, 2021 / 21:30 pmAt least 820 sex abuse lawsuits have been filed against New Jersey’s Catholic dioceses and religious orders in the past two years — including some 180 in the past month alone, according to an analysis by news outlet NorthJersey.com.
Detroit archbishop 'heartbroken' over Michigan school shooting
Dec 1, 2021 / 14:16 pmArchbishop Allen Vigneron of Detroit said he was “heartbroken” on Tuesday after hearing of the “horrific tragedy” of school shooting outside the city earlier in the day.
New Loyola Marymount alumni petition targets use of preferred pronouns
Nov 30, 2021 / 14:05 pmAfter learning that students at Loyola Marymount University were allegedly being required to include their preferred pronouns on class assignments and being given the option to change their name, an alumni-led group is petitioning the Los Angeles-area Catholic school to stop the “institutional commitment to gender ideology, and to renew LMU’s institutional commitment to Roman Catholicism.”
Painting at center of George Floyd controversy stolen from Catholic University
Nov 24, 2021 / 14:15 pmA pieta painting displayed at The Catholic University of America’s law school that some see as depicting George Floyd in the place of Jesus was stolen Tuesday night, Nov. 23, the school announced.
Brisbane archbishop gives priests until Dec. 15 to be fully vaccinated
Nov 23, 2021 / 17:12 pmThe Australian Archdiocese of Brisbane has announced that all archdiocesan employees, including clergy, contractors and some volunteers, must be fully vaccinated by Dec. 15 in accord with the state’s mandate unless they have a medical exemption.
Catholic University of America: Unintentional abortion coverage for students wasn't used
Nov 22, 2021 / 14:51 pmAlthough it has acknowledged that its student health plan unintentionally covered certain abortion services for the past three years, The Catholic University of America says that no abortion claims occurred during that time.
Catholic University says it wasn't aware student health plan covered abortion
Nov 19, 2021 / 15:00 pmThe Catholic University of America has acknowledged that its student health care plan has included coverage for certain abortion services for the past three years, a provision the school says it will discontinue after the policy was brought to light by a recent news report.
House passes Build Back Better; bishops raise religious liberty, abortion objections
Nov 19, 2021 / 12:08 pmThe U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed the Build Back Better Act Nov. 19, voting 220-213 to approve nearly $2 trillion in spending for a host of ambitious new domestic programs, including universal pre-kindergarten, increased child care subsidies, and initiatives aimed at shifting the country away from fossil fuels.
Alabama college students to host school’s first Eucharistic procession
Nov 18, 2021 / 10:30 amThe Catholic student center at the University of South Alabama in Mobile is set to host the school’s first ever Eucharistic procession the evening of Nov. 18.
'No plea' entered on Providence priest’s behalf amid child pornography charges
Nov 15, 2021 / 10:58 amA state district court judge on Monday entered “no plea” on behalf of Father James Jackson, FSSP, a Rhode Island-based priest who is facing child pornography charges.
Bishop Stowe ‘not in favor’ of Eucharistic document, but predicts it will pass
Nov 12, 2021 / 19:05 pmBishop John Stowe of Lexington, Ky. says he remains opposed to a draft document on the Eucharist the U.S. bishops will vote on next week, but he believes it will be adopted.
Military spouse 'virtual date night' video series launched on Veterans Day
Nov 11, 2021 / 13:00 pmTo coincide with Veterans Day, a marriage ministry has launched a free “virtual date night” video series specifically for military couples, providing mentoring and other resources to help spouses strengthen their bonds to one another, to their families and communities, and to God.
Knights of Columbus volunteers sending rugged prayer books to military personnel
Nov 10, 2021 / 13:53 pmVolunteers and some military members in the Knights of Columbus delivered the first 100,000 copies of a prayer book’s new edition for military personnel to the Edwin Cardinal O’Brien Pastoral Center in Washington, D.C., home base for the Archdiocese for the Military Services on Nov. 9.
Knights of Columbus announce icon of St Joseph as prayer program's centerpiece
Nov 9, 2021 / 16:14 pmAs the state deputies of the Knights of Columbus (KofC) gathered for their semi-annual meeting last weekend in Nashville, Tennessee, Supreme Knight Patrick Kelly encouraged the order’s leaders to grow in faith, expand the order’s membership, and advance the Knight’s mission.
American Life League mourns death of co-founder Paul Brown
Nov 8, 2021 / 23:00 pmPaul Brown, co-founder of American Life League, died Thursday, the pro-life group has announced.
Loyola Marymount student restarts pro-life group after Planned Parenthood fundraiser
Nov 6, 2021 / 17:26 pmWhen Loyola Marymount University student Megan Glaudini heard that her university was not stopping an on campus fundraiser for Planned Parenthood, she felt “convicted” that she needed to do something.
Father James Jackson wrote about sex abuse scandals, called McCarrick a 'creep'
Nov 6, 2021 / 09:08 amIn the weeks leading up to his arrest on child pornography charges, Father James W. Jackson wrote at length about sex abuse scandals perpetrated by “psychosexually dysfunctional” priests, singling out former cardinal Theodore McCarrick as a “creep” who hid a sinful private life with outward good works with the help of corrupt friends in the Catholic hierarchy.
FSSP priest faces new federal child pornography charges
Nov 4, 2021 / 20:09 pmFederal authorities have filed additional child pornography charges against Father James W. Jackson, who was arrested Oct. 30 after Rhode Island investigators found “hundreds” of explicit sexual images on an external hard drive in his rectory office, according to court documents.