Kate Quiñones

Kate Quiñones is a staff writer for Catholic News Agency and a fellow of the College Fix. She has been published by the Wall Street Journal, the Denver Catholic Register, and CatholicVote, and she graduated from Hillsdale College. She lives in Colorado with her husband.

Articles by Kate Quiñones

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Maryland passes bill that would provide $25 million to fund abortion

Mar 19, 2025 / 13:10 pm

The Maryland Senate passed a bill Monday that would allow $25 million in funding to go toward abortions.

Trump’s top lawyer at FDA resigns after outcry over record defending abortion pill

Mar 13, 2025 / 16:55 pm

Here is a roundup of recent pro-life and abortion-related news.

St. Thomas University announced on Feb. 27, 2025, its plans for a 99,000-square-foot nursing college building. Credit: Photo courtesy of St. Thomas University

Catholic university in Miami plans major expansion to fill Florida’s nursing gap

Mar 13, 2025 / 10:30 am

St. Thomas University in Miami, with a 100% nursing exam pass rate, aims to train 2,000 nurses by 2026.

Jay Bhattacharya testifies during a U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing on his nomination to be director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on March 5, 2025. Credit: JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images

Trump NIH director nominee calls for ethical alternatives to aborted fetal tissue research

Mar 12, 2025 / 18:20 pm

Dr. Jay Bhattacharya said he would seek ethical alternatives to using medical research based on cell lines taken from fetal tissue harvested from aborted babies decades ago.

Border Patrol vehicle patrols the fence of the international border between San Diego and Tijuana, Mexico. Credit: Sherry V Smith/Shutterstock

2 more Catholic Charities agencies announce layoffs due to funding freeze

Mar 11, 2025 / 14:15 pm

The Trump administration's funding freeze has led to a freeze on federal funding for Catholic Charities programs across the United States.

A sister of the Norbertine Canonesses of Bethlehem Priory of St. Joseph walks with some of the priory’s dogs, who are raised as part of their dog-breeding program in 2025. Credit: Photo courtesy of the Norbertine Canonesses

The California nuns who raise dogs, make cheese, and pray always

Mar 10, 2025 / 06:00 am

The Norbertine Canonesses of Bethlehem Priory of St. Joseph were established almost 30 years ago and live their religious life in the Tehachapi Mountains of California.

Left: Abbot Placid Solari, chancellor of Belmont Abbey College, and Bishop Michael Martin, bishop of the Diocese of Charlotte, North Carolina, tour the Belmont House and other facilities on Feb. 28, 2025. Right: The Belmont House and other properties in Washington, D.C., under construction and renovation on the morning of Feb. 28, 2025. Credit: Belmont Abbey College

Belmont Abbey College to launch student program in Washington, D.C.

Mar 9, 2025 / 06:00 am

Belmont Abbey College plans to launch its Intentional Catholic Student Residency Program, the first of its kind for students, in fall 2025.

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White House moves to drop Biden-era lawsuit against Idaho pro-life law

Mar 8, 2025 / 09:00 am

The Department of Justice filed a motion to dismiss the Biden-era lawsuit, according to court papers filed by St. Luke’s Health System.

The exterior of the new Blessed Stanley Rother Shrine in Oklahoma City. Credit: Joe Holdren/EWTN News

Supreme Court case for first Catholic charter school begins oral arguments

Mar 6, 2025 / 16:20 pm

St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School is appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court to approve the nation’s first publicly funded religious charter school.

Pope Francis administers confirmation during the Easter Vigil Mass in St. Peter's Basilica, April 4, 2015. Credit: Martha Calderon/CNA

Baltimore Archdiocese lowers confirmation age ‘to deepen formation, reduce disaffiliation’

Mar 5, 2025 / 14:40 pm

Amid growing disaffiliation from the Church, Catholic leaders across the country are striving to better catechize young people by lowering confirmation age requirements.

Anna Halpine, CEO of FEMM Foundation, at SEEK 2025 in Salt Lake City on Jan. 3, 2025. Credit: Kate Quiñones/CNA

An IVF alternative for infertility that’s holistic and ethical

Mar 4, 2025 / 15:40 pm

FEMM (Fertility Education and Medical Management) focuses on the root causes of women’s reproductive health issues, offering various kinds of support for infertility.

Catholic schools surpass public schools in Nation’s Report Card

Mar 3, 2025 / 13:20 pm

In the Nation’s Report Card, national scores for Catholic school students surpassed public school students for fourth- and eighth-grade mathematics and reading.

Pope Francis speaks on the phone during the weekly general audience at St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on May 17, 2023. The Holy Father has called a Holy Family Catholic Parish in Gaza almost every evening since Oct. 9, 2023. Credit: ANDREAS SOLARO/AFP via Getty Images

CNA explains: Pope Francis still calls Gaza parish every night

Feb 28, 2025 / 12:20 pm

Holy Family Parish in Gaza is a makeshift home to 500 people: mostly Orthodox, Protestant, and Catholic Christians but also some Muslim children and their families.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, pictured on June 19, 2024, introduced a $2 million program to encourage abortionists to come to his state. Credit: PSpencer Platt/Getty Images

New Jersey governor launches program to bring abortionists to state

Feb 27, 2025 / 17:20 pm

Here is a roundup of recent pro-life and abortion-related news.

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Judge blocks Trump’s pause on refugee admissions

Feb 26, 2025 / 14:35 pm

In a preliminary injunction, U.S. District Judge Jamal Whitehead ordered the Trump administration to restore the program and funding to refugee aid programs.

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Supreme Court won’t hear appeal on Tennessee law banning drag shows

Feb 25, 2025 / 17:20 pm

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied the petition to hear an appeal on the ruling, which was filed by an LGBTQ+ theater company in December 2024.

The offices of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA, in Washington, D.C. Credit: Farragutful, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Air Force veteran appointed auxiliary bishop of the military archdiocese

Feb 21, 2025 / 17:05 pm

Father Gregg Caggianelli has served on active duty and in the reserves for more than 30 years and is a priest of the Diocese of Venice, Florida.

The outside of the Planned Parenthood Reproductive Health Services Center in St. Louis is seen on March 8, 2022. Credit: Neeta Satam for The Washington Post via Getty Images

Planned Parenthood resumes abortions after judge rules regulations unconstitutional

Feb 21, 2025 / 14:40 pm

The circuit court judge wrote that the regulations were unnecessary and the licensing requirement for abortion clinics was discriminatory.

First-ever private school choice bill passes in Idaho

Feb 20, 2025 / 17:15 pm

The bill would establish a $50 million parental choice tax credit beginning in the 2025-2026 school year, helping parents send their children to nonpublic schools.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies during his Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Jan. 29, 2025, in Washington, D.C. Credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. issues Health and Human Services guidance: ‘There are only two sexes’

Feb 20, 2025 / 13:05 pm

The announcement comes in the wake of President Donald Trump’s Executive Order 14168, which affirmed the biological reality of sex.