Articles by Daniel Payne

The court has previously held that people with intellectual disabilities may not be executed under the U.S. Constitution. […]

The diocese filed for bankruptcy in 2023 after nearly 150 sex abuse lawsuits were filed against it. […]

The vast majority of the settlement would come from insurance contributions, according to a filing from the archdiocese. […]

The Islamic Center said it had lost “three pillars of our community,” two men and a security guard, who “put themselves on the line for our [mosque] and our community.” […]

Prosecutors had charged Joseph Manzi with the theft in October 2025. […]

Capital punishment was “long considered an appropriate response” to serious crimes, but the Church now teaches that it is “inadmissible.” […]

The Diocese of Las Cruces has been named in a civil action seeking an eminent domain takeover of part of its land. […]

The Church has never pronounced dogmatically on the question of extraterrestrial intelligence, but Catholic thinkers over the years have contributed to the discourse on the long-running topic. […]