Kate Scanlon, OSV News
Supreme Court backs challenge to Colorado conversion therapy ban
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court March 31 issued a ruling finding that a Colorado law banning professional counseling services that practice "conversion therapy"...
Vance to publish book exploring his conversion to Catholicism
WASHINGTON -- Vice President JD Vance will publish a new book this summer exploring his conversion to Catholicism as an adult, The Associated Press...
Bishops say behavior, not belief, led to commission removal of Religious...
WASHINGTON -- Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan, retired archbishop of New York, on March 24 joined Bishop Robert E. Barron of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, in defending...
Trump administration clears path for Arizona Copper Mine amid religious freedom...
WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration said March 23 it has cleared a legal path to proceed with a copper mining project it says will...
Conscience protections take center stage at DOJ religious liberty hearing
WASHINGTON -- Conscience protections for faith-based health providers remain a key religious freedom concern, witnesses at a March 16 meeting of the Department of...
U.S. Supreme Court to hear case on Haitian deportation protections
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court announced late March 16 that it will hear oral arguments in April on whether the Trump administration can...
Execution halted as Alabama governor Kay Ivey commutes Charles ‘Sonny’ Burton’s...
Gov. Kay Ivey, R-Ala., announced March 10 she commuted the death sentence of Charles L. "Sonny" Burton to life in prison, a move lauded...
FDA approval of abortion pill mifepristone would be revoked under proposal...
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., announced March 11 he has introduced legislation in the Senate that would ban mifepristone, a drug commonly, but...
HHS proposes rescinding Biden-era rule requiring foster parents to affirm LGBTQ+...
WASHINGTON -- The Department of Health and Human Services March 6 proposed scrapping a Biden administration policy requiring foster homes to affirm a child's...
Catholic immigration groups urge policy shift after President Trump replaces DHS...
WASHINGTON -- Catholic immigration advocates are calling for change at the Department of Homeland Security after President Donald Trump announced March 5 that Kristi...