Kate Scanlon, OSV News
Trump and Iran reach tentative deal to end war, but obstacles...
WASHINGTON -- After President Donald Trump, Pakistani mediators, and Iranian officials said a framework has been reached for a deal to end the war...
USCCB urges Senate to protect migrant dignity as funding for immigration...
WASHINGTON -- Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin testified June 2 before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on the Department of Homeland Security as the Senate...
Vice President JD Vance says Pope Leo XIV’s ‘Magnifica Humanitas’ sounds...
WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- Vice President JD Vance said in a new interview with NBC News that while he has not yet fully read...
U.S. bishops express ‘grave concern’ to Congress regarding $72 billion budget...
WASHINGTON -- A group of U.S. bishops, most from the U.S.-Mexico border region, wrote a May 20 letter to members of Congress expressing "grave...
‘Magnifica Humanitas’: Vice President JD Vance says Pope Leo’s AI encyclical...
WASHINGTON -- Vice President JD Vance said May 19 during a press briefing at the White House that he is "looking forward to reading"...
Pope Leo XIV recoils at increased number of executions: ‘Right to...
WASHINGTON -- The number of executions around the globe in 2025 surged to the highest recorded figure in 44 years, a new Amnesty International...
U.S. bishops oppose proposed limits on housing, work permits for asylum-seekers...
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. bishops and other Catholic groups have issued public comments expressing concern about still-pending proposed federal regulations that would further restrict...
Supreme Court blocks ruling that paused mailing of abortion pill mifepristone
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court on May 14 blocked an appeals court ruling that sought to pause a federal policy permitting mifepristone, sometimes...
Pew report: Americans reject political endorsements from houses of worship
WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- Most Americans oppose houses of worship endorsing political candidates, a May 14 report from the Pew Research Center said.
The vast...
FDA Commissioner Marty Makary to leave post, President Donald Trump says;...
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump on May 12 confirmed that Marty Makary, the embattled FDA commissioner criticized by pro-life advocates and others, will depart...