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

Demonstrators who support keeping inappropriate books out of libraries gather during a protest outside of the Henry Ford Centennial Library in Dearborn, Michigan, on Sept. 25, 2022. Credit: JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP via Getty Images

Banned Books Week: a Catholic response

Sep 24, 2024 / 14:55 pm

Every book listed on the American Library Association’s “Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2023” features sexual content.

The California state capitol. Unlike their counterparts in Colorado, California’s Catholic bishops’ conference has not taken a position on the proposed state constitutional amendment that would repeal a 2008 state constitutional amendment that defined marriage as a union between one man and one woman. Credit: Christopher Padalinski, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Ballot measures could remove definition of marriage from three state constitutions

Sep 23, 2024 / 07:00 am

The proposed removal of the long-standing language on marriage is largely seen as symbolic, since the U.S. Supreme Court already legalized same-sex marriage.

Bishop Michael Burbidge of Arlington, Virginia (center), at his blessing of Mary’s Comfort maternity home on Aug. 9, 2024. More maternity homes are popping up across the United States to house and support pregnant mothers and their babies since Roe v. Wade was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2022. Credit: Mary’s Comfort

Maternity homes are on the rise post Roe

Sep 23, 2024 / 06:00 am

There are now more than 450 maternity homes in the U.S. — a 23% increase since the Dobbs decision overturned Roe.

Bishop Kevin Rhoades of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana. Credit: Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend

Indiana diocese issues school guidelines affirming biological sex, promoting pastoral care

Sep 20, 2024 / 14:10 pm

Bishop Kevin Rhoades of Fort Wayne-South Bend notes in the policy that all diocesan institutes must use pronouns that align with a student’s biological sex.

The religious groups challenging the abortion mandate include a group of Carmelite sisters, Catholic Charities, and the Sisterhood of St. Mary, an Anglican Episcopal monastic order (pictured here). Credit: Becket Fund for Religious Liberty

Nuns appeal to U.S. Supreme Court over New York abortion insurance mandate

Sep 19, 2024 / 07:50 am

A group of nuns and other religious groups are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to block a New York state mandate that would force them to cover abortions.

Abortion pills and medical negligence killed woman, not pro-life laws, doctor says

Sep 18, 2024 / 16:50 pm

Dr. Christina Francis says that Amber Thurman’s death “was caused by legal abortion drugs” as well as medical negligence.

Bishop Michael Olson of Fort Worth, Texas, and Rev. Mother Teresa Agnes Gerlach of the Most Holy Trinity Monastery in Arlington, Texas. Credit: Diocese of Fort Worth; Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity Discalced Carmelite Nuns

UPDATE: Carmelite nuns affiliate with Society of St. Pius X after yearlong feud with local bishop

Sep 17, 2024 / 18:45 pm

After a string of controversies, a group of Carmelite nuns in Arlington, Texas, announced that they are associating with the Society of St. Pius X.

“We want the Florida public to understand that Florida physicians are against Amendment 4 and that’s because it’s dangerous — not just for the babies that will be eliminated after they can feel pain but also for mothers and girls,” said Dr. Grazie Pozo Christie (right) in an interview with “EWTN News Nightly” anchor Tracy Sabol on Sept. 16, 2024. Credit: “EWTN News Nightly” screenshot

Abortion amendment on Florida ballot ‘brutal and dangerous,’ physician says

Sep 17, 2024 / 12:10 pm

In an interview with “EWTN News Nightly” anchor Tracy Sabol, Dr. Grazie Pozo Christie discussed Amendment 4 and its ramifications.

Bishop Emeritus Edward Slattery of the Diocese of Tulsa and Eastern Oklahoma, passed away at age 84 on Friday, Sept. 13, 2024. Credit: Diocese of Tulsa

Oklahoma Bishop Emeritus Slattery, ‘man of deep faith,’ passes away at 84

Sep 16, 2024 / 13:50 pm

“Bishop Slattery was a man of deep faith who knew that death would bring him to his Lord,” Tulsa Bishop David Konderla said in a Saturday statement.

Cardinal Jaime Sin hosted both of Pope John Paul II’s visits to the Philippines in 1981 and 1995. Credit: © Ryansean071/Wikimedia Commons

New museum in Philippines honors Cardinal Jaime Sin, a ‘voice’ against corruption

Sep 14, 2024 / 06:00 am

Cardinal Jaime Sin’s family residence will be home to a museum in his honor and called the “Museo Kardinal.”

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North Dakota judge strikes down state’s abortion restrictions

Sep 12, 2024 / 18:20 pm

North Dakota District Judge Bruce Romanick’s 24-page order making abortion legal up to the point of fetal viability is set to go into effect in 14 days.

Marijuana leaves. Credit: Armando Olivo Martín del Campo CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED

North Dakota bishops call for rejection of recreational cannabis measure on state ballot

Sep 12, 2024 / 13:05 pm

Measure 5, if approved, would allow adults 21 and over to grow, sell, and use marijuana for recreational purposes.

The Holy Spirit Catholic Mission in Washoe Valley, Nevada, before (left) and after a rampant wildfire destroyed the church on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024. Credit: Vincent Toomey

Latin Mass parish in Nevada destroyed by wildfire

Sep 11, 2024 / 17:25 pm

A rampant wildfire in Nevada destroyed The Holy Spirit Catholic Mission on Saturday, which held the only Latin Mass in northern Nevada.

Bangor Christian Schools building in Bangor, Maine. Credit: Photo courtesy of First Liberty Institute

Christian school sues Maine over law deterring religious schools from school choice program

Sep 11, 2024 / 16:11 pm

Crosspoint Church has asked the U.S Court of Appeals for the First Circuit to reverse a lower court decision.

Cardinal Thomas Collins, archbishop emeritus of Toronto, was the principal celebrant of the closing Mass at the EWTN Family Celebration on Sept. 7, 2024. Credit: Kate Quinones/CNA

2024 EWTN ‘Family Celebration’ concludes in Toronto

Sep 10, 2024 / 17:08 pm

More than 2,200 people gathered for the annual EWTN Family Celebration held this year in Toronto.

Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio, chapel and statue. Credit: Joseph Antoniello, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

Franciscan University launches new hub in Washington, DC, after multimillion-dollar gift

Sep 10, 2024 / 14:05 pm

The Franciscan University Homeland Mission will be located in downtown Washington, D.C.

Ian Church, head of the “Launching Experimental Philosophy of Religion” grant project and a professor of philosophy at Hillsdale College, welcomes attendees of the capstone conference at Hillsdale’s Blake Center for Faith and Freedom in Somers, Connecticut. Credit: Rebecca Dorsey

Grant project kickstarts new field of study: experimental philosophy of religion

Sep 9, 2024 / 16:06 pm

The John Templeton Foundation in September 2021 granted the “Launching Experimental Philosophy of Religion” grant to Professor Ian Church.

West Virginia Delegate Pat McGeehan, a supporter of the state’s ballot measure to make assisted suicide illegal, said in an interview with “EWTN Pro-Life Weekly” on Sept. 5, 2024, that he hopes the potential ban will be a “gold standard for other states to follow.” Credit: “EWTN Pro-Life Weekly” screenshot

West Virginia ban on assisted suicide ‘a fight worth fighting,’ state delegate says

Sep 6, 2024 / 10:30 am

“We’re trying to use it to serve as a beacon for other states who value the preservation of life, to do so and follow in our wake,” Delegate Pat McGeehan said.

Nebraska ballot measure would make private schools ineligible for voucher program

Sep 6, 2024 / 09:00 am

A ballot measure to repeal a new school choice scholarship voucher program is set to be on the November 2024 ballot in Nebraska.

Bishop James Conley of Lincoln, Nebraska. Credit: Diocese of Lincoln

Nebraska bishop calls for ‘developing authentically Catholic schools’ in new pastoral letter

Sep 3, 2024 / 16:00 pm

Bishop James Conley of Lincoln, Nebraska, highlighted the tenets of Catholic education and the modern challenges facing educators in a pastoral letter.