Kate Scanlon, OSV News
As President Nicolás Maduro faces New York trial, uncertainty lingers for...
As deposed Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro made his first appearance Jan. 5 in a New York courtroom on narco-terrorism charges after the Trump administration...
2025 brought new pope (Leo), new president (Trump) and immigration as...
WASHINGTON -- In a year that brought both a new U.S. president and a new pope, the issue of immigration emerged as a flashpoint...
Approximately 50 Planned Parenthood clinics closed in 2025 due to funding...
WASHINGTON -- Approximately 50 Planned Parenthood clinics closed in 2025 as the group lost its ability to bill Medicaid, according to a report by...
Trump, lawmakers call for prominent Catholic media tycoon Jimmy Lai’s release...
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump, the State Department, and members of Congress expressed concern after Hong Kong's prominent Catholic media tycoon and pro-democracy campaigner...
Little Sisters of the Poor again appeal for protection from contraceptive...
WASHINGTON -- The Little Sisters of the Poor appealed an August ruling from a federal district court that struck down a religious conscience rule,...
Increase in U.S. executions largely driven by Florida, year-end report from...
WASHINGTON -- Although there was a significant increase in executions in the U.S. in 2025, a smaller number of new death sentences was imposed,...
Federal judge orders Kilmar Abrego Garcia released from ICE custody ‘immediately’
WASHINGTON -- In a Dec. 11 court filing, a federal judge in Maryland ordered the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national and...
In new interview, U.S. President Donald Trump says he is open...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said in a wide-ranging interview with Politico published Dec. 9 that he would be open to meeting with Pope...
Archbishop Broglio urges respect for rule of law after follow-up strike...
WASHINGTON — The head of the U.S. military archdiocese on Dec. 3 urged respect for the human person and the rule of law amid...
‘U.S. Campaign to End the Death Penalty’ aims to end capital...
WASHINGTON -- Despite an uptick in executions in the U.S. in 2025, opponents of the death penalty lauded decreases in new death sentences and...









