Kate Scanlon, OSV News
U.S. Supreme Court hears case over effort to bar Planned Parenthood...
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument April 2 in a case concerning South Carolina's attempt to prevent Planned Parenthood from participating...
Pope Francis’ 12-year papacy examined for impact on migration by the...
WASHINGTON -- Catholic theologians and other experts discussed the impact of Pope Francis' pontificate on issues, particularly migration, as the pope remained in the...
Catholic Relief Services urge Trump administration to issue ‘prompt payments’ for...
WASHINGTON -- Catholic Relief Services, the overseas charitable arm of the Catholic Church in the U.S., urged the Trump administration to issue "prompt payments"...
U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes blocks Trump administration’s ‘pursuit of military...
WASHINGTON -- A federal judge in Washington on March 18 blocked the Trump administration from banning people who identify as transgender from military service,...
Chief Justice John Roberts issues rare public statement rebuking Trump’s call...
WASHINGTON -- Chief Justice John Roberts issued a rare public statement March 18 rebuking President Donald Trump's call to impeach a federal judge who...
Attorney General Ken Paxton files first criminal charges for alleged violation...
A midwife has been arrested and charged after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton alleged she performed abortions illegal under that state's law, marking the...
U.S. Department of Education cuts can impact Catholic education: ‘It’s important...
WASHINGTON-- The U.S. Department of Education said March 11 it planned to cut about 50% of its work force. Such cuts could also impact...
Acting U.S. Attorney Ed Martin warns Georgetown Law School he’ll blacklist...
WASHINGTON -- The dean of Georgetown University's law school said the Jesuit institution will not alter its curriculum formed in Catholic teaching despite a...
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio officially announces the canceling of...
WASHINGTON -- U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said March 10 that just 18% of programs of the now-shuttered U.S. Agency for International Development...
Catholic immigration advocates counter false narratives about their work at Catholic...
WASHINGTON -- Catholic immigration advocates sought ways to respond to some anti-immigration or false narratives about their work during a conference in the nation's...