Daniel Payne

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Supreme Court: Wisconsin violated First Amendment in denying tax break to Catholic charity

2 days ago | catholicnewsagency.com | Daniel Payne

CNA Staff, Jun 5, 2025 / 12:05 pm The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously held that the state of Wisconsin had violated the First Amendment when it denied a tax exemption to a Catholic charity after claiming that the group’s charitable undertakings were not “primarily” religious.
New Jersey parish employee pleads guilty to stealing nearly $300,000 from 2 churches

3 days ago | catholicworldreport.com | Daniel Payne |Catherine Harmon

New Jersey parish employee pleads guilty to stealing nearly $300,000 from 2 churches By Daniel Payne for CNA A New Jersey former parish bookkeeper has pleaded guilty to stealing nearly $300,000 from two parishes, June 3, 2025. / Credit: Zack McCarthy via Flickr (CC BY 2.0)CNA Staff, Jun 4, 2025 / 13:21 pm (CNA). A former parish employee in New Jersey has pleaded guilty to stealing nearly $300,000 from two parishes several months after she was accused of the thefts.
New Jersey parish employee pleads guilty to stealing nearly $300,000

3 days ago | catholicnewsagency.com | Daniel Payne

CNA Staff, Jun 4, 2025 / 13:21 pm A former parish employee in New Jersey has pleaded guilty to stealing nearly $300,000 from two parishes several months after she was accused of the thefts. Former bookkeeper Melissa Rivera admitted to taking $292,728 from parishes in Washington Township and Pompton Plains, the Morris County prosecutor’s office said on Tuesday. The two parishes were Our Lady of the Mountain and Our Lady of Good Counsel, both located in Morris County.
Advocacy group launches campaign urging New York governor to force insurers to pay abuse claims

4 days ago | catholicworldreport.com | Daniel Payne |Catherine Harmon

Advocacy group launches campaign urging New York governor to force insurers to pay abuse claims By Daniel Payne for CNA A victims’ advocacy group is pressuring New York Gov. Kathy Hochul to force insurers to pay abuse claims. / Credit: lev radin/ShutterstockCNA Staff, Jun 3, 2025 / 15:50 pm (CNA). A victim advocacy group launched an ad campaign urging New York Gov.
Advocacy group launches campaign urging New York governor to force insurers to pay abuse claims

4 days ago | catholicnewsagency.com | Daniel Payne

CNA Staff, Jun 3, 2025 / 15:50 pm A victim advocacy group launched an ad campaign urging New York Gov. Kathy Hochul to force insurance companies to pay millions of dollars in abuse claims, slamming the governor for allegedly “stand[ing] with her big insurance buddies” instead of abuse victims.
Eucharistic revival urges pilgrims to meet anti-Catholic protests with peace, prayer

1 week ago | catholicnewsagency.com | Daniel Payne

CNA Newsroom, May 31, 2025 / 17:15 pm Eucharistic pilgrims in Oklahoma are being urged by leaders to respond to anti-Catholic protests during pilgrimages and processions with peace, humility and prayer. The Diocese of Tulsa this week was host to the St. Katharine Drexel Route of the 2025 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage, which launched in the Archdiocese of Indianapolis on May 18 and is set to finish in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles in late June.
Researchers publish names of priests, religious who served in Canadian residential schools

1 week ago | catholicnewsagency.com | Daniel Payne

CNA Staff, May 30, 2025 / 17:23 pm Canadian researchers and advocates have published a list of more than 100 priests and religious workers who served in the country’s controversial Indigenous “residential schools” that operated there for more than a century.
Lawsuit says Catholic Charities accountant stole millions using invoices, credit cards

1 week ago | catholicworldreport.com | Daniel Payne

Lawsuit says Catholic Charities accountant stole millions using invoices, credit cards By Daniel Payne for CNA null / Credit: New Africa/ShutterstockCNA Staff, May 29, 2025 / 14:42 pm (CNA). A lawsuit filed in Wisconsin alleges that an employee of a Catholic Charities affiliate there stole millions of dollars as part of a yearslong scheme involving credit card fraud and fake invoices.
Consulting firm says it paid hackers ransom to delete data of clergy abuse survivors

1 week ago | catholicworldreport.com | Daniel Payne |Jim Graves

Consulting firm says it paid hackers ransom to delete data of clergy abuse survivors By Daniel Payne for CNA null / Credit: janews/ShutterstockCNA Staff, May 29, 2025 / 13:12 pm (CNA). A California consulting firm that handles data of some clergy abuse cases says it paid hackers a ransom to delete data involving abuse survivors after a security breach earlier this year.
Leaked draft shows Charlotte bishop’s planned crackdown on traditional liturgical customs

1 week ago | catholicworldreport.com | Daniel Payne |Mark Brumley

Credit: PIGAMA/ShutterstockCNA Staff, May 29, 2025 / 12:42 pm (CNA). A leaked draft from Charlotte, North Carolina, Bishop Michael Martin, OFM Conv, shows the prelate’s far-reaching and highly detailed intent to crack down on what he describes as “older liturgical practices” in order to bring about “a more uniform celebration of the Mass” in the diocese. The letter, which references Pope Francis in the present tense, appears to have been written prior to the late pontiff’s death last month.

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