Kate Scanlon, OSV News
Supreme Court upholds Tennessee’s gender transition ban for minors
WASHINGTON-- The U.S. Supreme Court on June 18 upheld a Tennessee state law banning certain types of medical or surgical gender reassignment procedures for...
Pope Leo embraces active role as Vatican peacemaker, aiming for end...
WASHINGTON -- In a little over a month since his election to the papacy, Pope Leo XIV has appeared to embrace his role as...
House panel votes to repeal FACE Act; law protecting access to...
WASHINGTON -- The House Judiciary Committee voted June 10 to repeal a federal law crafted to protect access to reproductive health facilities by prohibiting...
‘Big, beautiful bill’ has U.S. bishops urging lawmakers to protect Medicaid...
WASHINGTON -- As the Senate began its consideration of a sweeping package for President Donald Trump's agenda, the U.S. bishops and other Catholic leaders...
Supreme Court rules in favor of Wisconsin Catholic agency over religious...
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court on June 5 unanimously ruled in favor of the Catholic Charities Bureau of the Diocese of Superior, Wisconsin,...
Trump administration revokes Biden-era abortion directive for emergency rooms
WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration announced June 3 that it would revoke Biden-era guidance to the nation's hospitals directing them to perform abortions in...
Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan urges rejection of legislation that would legalize...
NEW YORK -- Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York urged Empire State lawmakers to reject legislation that would legalize physician-assisted suicide.
The New York...
Missouri’s abortion ban still in effect, for now, due to decision...
The Missouri Supreme Court on May 27 overturned a pair of lower court rulings that had blocked the state's abortion restrictions, effectively leaving its...
US bishops urge young people to ‘lead the way’ on climate...
WASHINGTON -- In a letter to mark the 10th anniversary of the late Pope Francis' encyclical "Laudato Si'," U.S. bishops have urged young people...
Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio to...
WASHINGTON -- Both Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio will attend the inaugural Mass of Pope Leo XIV on May...