Articles by Tyler Arnold
Trump issues Holy Week messages: ‘He is risen!’
Apr 14, 2025 / 15:02 pmPresident Donald Trump issued two messages on Palm Sunday recognizing the importance of the Holy Week leading up to Easter.
Veto override: Kansas law will guard adoptive parents’ religious liberty
Apr 10, 2025 / 18:00 pmKansas lawmakers voted to override Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of a bill that will protect the religious liberty of adoptive and foster parents on issues related to gender identity.
Catholic Relief Services, bishops urge House to reinstate some international aid funds
Apr 10, 2025 / 16:30 pmCRS Executive Vice President Bill O’Keefe presented lawmakers with “a Catholic pro-life vision of international assistance that drives to the common good.”
Catholic bishops phase out migration programs as federal partnership ends
Apr 10, 2025 / 12:25 pmThe USCCB is starting to phase out programs that support migrants and refugees after it formally ended its federal government partnership for such services.
Kansas governor vetoes bill to protect religious liberty of adoptive parents on gender issues
Apr 8, 2025 / 16:12 pmThe bill would have prohibited the state from requiring prospective adoptive or foster parents to first affirm support for gender ideology and homosexuality.
One, holy, catholic, and apostolic: Scholars issue joint statement on marks of the Church
Apr 8, 2025 / 12:40 pmTwenty Catholic and evangelical Protestant scholars share their understanding of the creedal marks of the Church.
Catholic bishops end refugee partnership with government amid Trump funding cuts
Apr 7, 2025 / 17:29 pmThe United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has made what it is calling the “difficult decision” to not renew cooperative agreements with the federal government.
Disability rights advocates urge putting the brakes on assisted suicide
Apr 4, 2025 / 19:52 pmAlthough physician-assisted suicide is still illegal in most parts of the world, the practice is currently legal in about a dozen countries, including 10 U.S. states.
Pew data profiles demographics, beliefs, and practices of U.S. Catholics
Apr 3, 2025 / 18:32 pmMuch of the data was revealed in the 2023-2024 Religious Landscape Study conducted by Pew Research Center, which was published earlier this year.
Supreme Court hears arguments on state defunding of Planned Parenthood
Apr 2, 2025 / 18:16 pmThe U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday heard oral arguments for a lawsuit that will determine whether states can deny Medicaid reimbursements to Planned Parenthood.
U.S. State Department ‘monitoring’ UK government arrest of pro-life advocate
Apr 1, 2025 / 17:56 pmA bureau of the U.S. Department of State announced it is “monitoring” an arrest of a pro-life advocate in the United Kingdom.
Report: Vice President JD Vance intends to visit Rome at Easter
Apr 1, 2025 / 16:49 pmBloomberg reported Tuesday that the vice president plans to arrive in Rome on Good Friday, April 18, and depart from the city on Easter Sunday, April 20.
U.S. Supreme Court examines Wisconsin’s denial of Catholic charity tax exemption
Mar 31, 2025 / 16:40 pmU.S. Supreme Court justices across ideological lines expressed concerns about a Wisconsin agency’s refusal to legally recognize a Catholic charity as a religious organization.
New York official blocks Texas order against doctor who mailed abortion pills into state
Mar 28, 2025 / 16:45 pmTaylor Bruck will not file the summary judgment ordered against abortion doctor Margaret Daley Carpenter for allegedly providing abortion pills to women in Texas via mail.
Pew Research: Most Christians raised in the faith hold onto it in adulthood
Mar 28, 2025 / 12:45 pmSurveys in about three dozen countries compiled by the Pew Research Center found that most Christians who are raised in the faith hold onto it in adulthood.
University of Notre Dame commencement departs from presidential tradition
Mar 27, 2025 / 08:00 amSince the 1970s, Notre Dame has routinely invited newly inaugurated presidents to deliver the university’s commencement address.
Pro-life groups praise Trump plan to cut taxpayer funds for Planned Parenthood
Mar 26, 2025 / 17:45 pmOfficials are mulling an immediate freeze of $27.5 million from the Department of Health and Human Services Title X Family Planning Services Program.
Commission urges Trump to take action against governments that violate religious liberty
Mar 26, 2025 / 09:30 am“Make appropriate policy changes to demonstrate meaningful consequences and encourage positive change,” the USCIRF report recommends.
Napa Institute fosters Catholic-Protestant collaboration on common efforts
Mar 26, 2025 / 07:00 amEarlier this month, Napa Institute Board Chairman Tim Busch hosted a meeting among 15 Catholic and Protestant faith leaders for the organization’s first Ecumenical Forum.
Memphis police arrest man accused of threatening to ‘butcher’ Catholics with machete
Mar 25, 2025 / 16:45 pmZachary Liberto, who lives in Memphis, was charged with commissioning an act of terrorism for allegedly sending the email to a member of the parish staff.