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Connor Hartigan is an O'Hare Fellow and former editorial intern at America Media.
A confessional is seen in a file photo at the Memorial Church of the Holy Sepulcher on the grounds of the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in Washington. The Department of Justice announced May 5, 2025, it was opening a civil rights investigation into a Washington state mandatory reporter bill that it called an "anti-Catholic law" for having no exception for the seal of the confessional. (OSV News photo/Nancy Phelan Wiechec)
FaithNews Analysis
Connor Hartigan
Washington State's new law mandating priests to divulge abuse revealed in confessions is the latest salvo in a larger dispute between the Catholic Church and multiple U.S. states.
FaithScripture Reflections
Connor Hartigan
A Reflection for Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Easter, by Connor Hartigan
FaithFaith
Leilani FuentesConnor HartiganGrace Lenahan
And what pressing questions they believe the Catholic Church faces today
FaithExplainer
Connor Hartigan
The canonization Mass for the first “millennial saint,” originally scheduled for this Sunday, has been delayed indefinitely.
FaithFaith in Focus
Connor Hartigan
For many Catholics older than me, Francis represented a cultural shift from previous pontificates. As a Gen-Z Catholic, Francis is the only pope I’ve known.
FaithShort Take
Connor Hartigan
Roosevelt understood, as few American presidents had before him, that there was no inherent separation between Christian charity and democratic citizenship.
FaithScripture Reflections
Connor Hartigan
A Reflection for Monday of the Fifth Week of Lent, by Connor Hartigan
FaithTelevision
Connor Hartigan
Much of the appeal of “Severance” lies in its multiple dimensions: It is a workplace satire, a science-fiction drama, a searing critique of faceless corporations and mad-scientist plutocrats.
Solemniser Neasa Ní Argadain officiates a wedding through OneSpirit Ireland. (Photo courtesy of Neasa Ní Argadáin)
FaithDispatches
Connor Hartigan
While Catholic weddings in Ireland have dropped over the past three decades, New Age marriages are rapidly gaining in prominence.
A statue of Baltimore Archbishop John Carroll, the first Catholic bishop in the United States and founder of Georgetown University, is seen on the Jesuit-run school's Washington campus on March 3, 2022. (OSV News photo/CNS file, Chaz Muth)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Connor Hartigan
Edward Martin, interim United States attorney for the District of Columbia, said he would refuse to hire Georgetown Law graduates unless the school eliminated diversity, equity and inclusion programs.