Katie Yoder
Former Washington, D. C., correspondent Katie Yoder covered pro-life issues, the U.S. Catholic bishops, public policy, and Congress for Catholic News Agency. She previously worked for Townhall.com, National Review, and the Media Research Center.
Articles by Katie Yoder
USCCB pro-life chairman urges Biden to act like the ‘devout Catholic’ he says he is
Oct 12, 2021 / 10:53 amThe U.S. Catholic bishops’ pro-life chairman is expressing disappointment with President Biden as his administration reverses a Trump-era rule that restricted funding over abortion.
Meet the volunteer friar firefighters started by St. Maximilian Kolbe
Oct 11, 2021 / 10:00 amA group of firefighters from Poland looks just like any other firefighting brigade, with heavy uniforms, hard helmets, and a red truck ready to go at a moment’s notice. But these men are something else, too: friars dedicated to God.
Archbishop Cordileone discusses satanists' support for abortion
Oct 9, 2021 / 06:34 amIn an interview with EWTN Pro-Life Weekly, Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone pointed to the Satanic Temple, which he said opposes Texas’ new abortion restrictions because "[t]hey need to have access to abortion to carry out their rituals."
Do women need abortion to succeed? Women legal scholars say no
Oct 4, 2021 / 00:00 amIn a legal brief in the pivotal Dobbs vs. Jackson Women's Health Organization abortion case before the U.S. Supreme Court, a group of women legal scholars cite data and research they say refutes the pervasive narrative that abortion is both responsible and critical for women’s progress in society.
A girl asked an archbishop why God allows disabilities. Here’s his response.
Oct 3, 2021 / 08:09 amA Kentucky archbishop still remembers when a little, 6-year-old girl asked him, “Why was my brother born with autism?”
Louisiana state Sen. Katrina Jackson: ‘It’s racist to fund abortions’
Oct 2, 2021 / 10:03 amA Louisiana state senator is calling out her fellow Democrats for using race to justify their support of taxpayer-funded abortions.
A new pro-life saint? This Italian mother sacrificed her life for her unborn baby
Sep 18, 2021 / 12:07 pmOn Aug. 30, Pope Francis advanced the sainthood cause of Maria Cristina Cella Mocellin, who sacrificed her life for the sake of her baby. Catholics already are comparing her to another saint, St. Gianna Beretta Molla, because both women refused medical treatment that would have endangered their unborn babies.
Beloved granny whose Catholic faith went viral on EWTN dies at 107
Sep 14, 2021 / 13:00 pmGranny Nancy lived through two World Wars, survived the pandemic, and was born before her country – the Republic of Ireland – began. But she is perhaps best known for her Catholic faith.
Cardinal Bo: Called to be a voice for human rights in Myanmar
Sep 9, 2021 / 16:38 pmCardinal Charles Bo said that one of the “fruits of the culture” in Asia, particularly in Myanmar, is that citizens are overwhelmingly religiously oriented.
What role does the Eucharist hold in the Eastern Orthodox Church?
Sep 8, 2021 / 18:01 pmOrthodox believers are called to pursue deification, or divine qualities, according to a Russian Orthodox leader. The most powerful way to do this, he says, is through the Eurcharist.
Meet the Catholic nun who has helped Haitians through multiple earthquakes
Sep 5, 2021 / 10:46 am“Sister Inga, who’s in the room next to me, she yells out, ‘Get out of the house quickly! It’s an earthquake! Get out! Now! Fast!’” Sr. Marilyn said in an interview with EWTN News In Depth.
Psaki rebukes EWTN reporter who asked why Catholic Biden opposes Texas abortion law
Sep 2, 2021 / 15:50 pmPresident Joe Biden, the second Catholic president in U.S. history, believes that abortion is a “woman’s right,” White House Press Secrentary Jen Psaki said on Thursday in reference to Texas' abortion law.
Parents pressured to abort child dedicate lives to helping moms in need
Aug 15, 2021 / 11:00 amDoctors recommended that Randy and Evelyn James choose abortion for their baby. Instead, they started an organization to help pregnant women choose life.
Alta Fixsler: Family friend says U.K. hospital can remove toddler’s life support ‘any time’
Aug 14, 2021 / 13:00 pmThe Fixsler family is fighting to keep their 2-year-old daughter, Alta, on life support in the U.K. But the Hasidic Jewish family is facing one court defeat after another in what a family friend calls a “devastating” situation.
Ex-Planned Parenthood manager: They don’t ‘refer to any unborn baby as a baby’
Aug 12, 2021 / 18:00 pmPlanned Parenthood blacklists employees who recognize the humanity of the unborn and “does not refer to any unborn baby as a ‘baby,’” according to a former manager of the organization.
Catholic apologist debunks ‘Jesus Is a Myth’ argument
Aug 9, 2021 / 16:30 pmThe historical evidence behind Jesus Christ’s existence is “overwhelming,” according to a senior apologist at Catholic Answers.
How Did Abortion Become a ‘Woman’s Right’? Legal Scholar Lists 3 Factors
Aug 9, 2021 / 14:30 pmModern feminism is “corrupted” by abortion and “eating away at itself,” according to one legal scholar.
Polish artist designs stunning monstrances with Virgin Mary: ‘Beauty leads to God’
Aug 9, 2021 / 11:30 amA Polish artisan and jeweler is hoping that his craft leads people to God. After experiencing a miraculous healing, he decided to dedicate his life to sacred art and, in particular, to creating monstrances that house the Body of Christ worldwide.
NFP expert: Natural Family Planning ‘empowers’ Catholic couples with fertility knowledge
Aug 2, 2021 / 14:57 pmNatural Family Planning (NFP) empowers women with “extremely valuable” information about their bodies, according to a Catholic OB/GYN and NaProTechnology surgeon.
Catholic sisters dedicate lives to telling the elderly ‘You’ll never be alone’
Jul 27, 2021 / 13:00 pmAhead of the inaugural World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly this past Sunday, the communications director for the Little Sisters of the Poor described how the order cares for the elderly as people of inherent dignity and worth.