Shannon Mullen

Shannon Mullen’s 33-year journalism career includes 10 years as an investigative reporter, editor and premium content coach with the Asbury Park (New Jersey) Press, where he was a member of a reporting team that was named a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize. He became the editor-in-chief of CNA in 2021.

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Bishop David O’Connell of the Diocese of Trenton (right) stands beside Father Brian Woodrow on March 30, 2023, during a Mass at which the new altar was consecrated at St. Dominic Church in Brick, New Jersey.

‘Faith Moves Marble’: An Easter Story of Renewal

Rescued century-old altar transforms a New Jersey parish.

Shannon Mullen Nation March 31, 2024

Foreground: The back of a hand-embroidered cope is displayed on a stand at Watts & Co., a London-based company that has provided vestments and church furnishings to Catholic and Anglican clients (including the British royal family) since 1874. Background: an intricate design of Watts & Co.

‘For Glory and for Beauty’: 150-Year-Old Vestment Maker Watts & Co. Is Driven by a Passion for Perfection

There are a lot of amazing things about the London-based business.

Shannon Mullen Features January 14, 2024

Military personnel stand guard at the entrance of a gymnasium while police investigators look for evidence after a bomb attack at a Catholic Mass at Mindanao State University in Marawi, Lanao del sur province in the southern Philippines on Dec. 3. At least three people were killed and others wounded, officials said.

At Least Three People Killed in Explosion During Mass on Philippine Campus

Authorities are investigating whether pro-Islamic State militants were responsible for the blast, which set off a panic on the campus of Mindanao State University in Marawi on the island of Mindanao.

Shannon Mullen World December 3, 2023

Bishop Joseph Strickland walks in front of a reliquary bearing the bones of Saint Maria Goretti into the sanctuary at Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception on Monday, Nov. 2, 2015, in Tyler, Texas.

Searching for Answers: Why Was Bishop Joseph Strickland Removed?

The Vatican focused on Twitter and Tyler.

Jonathan Liedl, Matthew McDonald, Shannon Mullen Nation November 22, 2023

Cardinal Christophe Pierre, the Vatican's nuncio to the United States, speaks to the U.S. bishops at their annual fall assembly in Baltimore on Nov. 14.

Pope Francis’ US Nuncio to USCCB Assembly: ‘Eucharistic Revival and Synodality Go Together’

The Vatican’s chief diplomat to the U.S. spoke Nov. 14 in Baltimore. ‘Today’s world ... is in such desperate need of the Gospel of hope and of peace.’

Shannon Mullen Nation November 14, 2023

Senator Dianne Feinstein speaks with St. John Paul II in San Francisco, Calif., in 1978.

A True Shepherd

EDITORIAL: Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone responded to the death of political adversary Dianne Feinstein with charity and graciousness, as befits all Catholics.

Shannon Mullen Editorial October 13, 2023