Future of USAID unclear as concern mounts over agency’s ongoing tumult February 6, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Social Teaching, Feature, Missions, News, World News Concern is mounting that the ongoing tumult at the U.S. Agency for International Development is jeopardizing lives and livelihoods supported by the government’s humanitarian aid agency in countries all over the globe, including those assisted by Catholic and other faith-based humanitarian groups.
Vance defends cuts to foreign aid ‘spreading atheism’ at religious freedom summit February 6, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News Vice President JD Vance defended cuts to U.S. foreign aid in remarks to the International Religious Freedom Summit Feb. 5, arguing the funds were “spreading atheism” abroad.
Audited financials show claims the church profits from refugee work ‘just wrong’ January 31, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Claims that the U.S. bishops’ conference profits from its partnership with the government to assist refugee populations that qualify for federal assistance, and that the Catholic Church facilitates illegal immigration are “just wrong,” said William Canny, the U.S. bishops’ migration director.
Senators grill RFK Jr. on abortion, vaccine views in HHS confirmation hearings January 31, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress, World News In a pair of January confirmation hearings, senators considered President Donald Trump’s nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for secretary of Health and Human Services.
Trump order against youth gender transition hailed by U.S. bishops’ family life head January 30, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News In a move welcomed by the U.S. bishops’ chair on family life, President Donald Trump Jan. 28 signed an executive order stating his administration would seek to prohibit certain types of medical or surgical gender reassignment procedures for minors who identify as transgender.
Lifesaving HIV/AIDS program’s future uncertain amid stop-and-start foreign aid pause January 29, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Health Care, News, World News The future of PEPFAR, the U.S. government’s global effort to combat HIV/AIDS, has been called into question amid a broader pause on foreign assistance and allegations from some Republican lawmakers that the Biden administration improperly allowed some of its funding to be spent on abortions.
White House suggests it will strip funds from Catholic Charities January 29, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News The White House Jan. 28 sought to clarify what would and would not be impacted by a directive to freeze federal financial assistance programs and suggested it would seek to strip federal funds from nongovernmental organizations including Catholic Charities as part of its effort to enforce its immigration policies.
Trump’s return to the White House shifts abortion policy landscape January 29, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News Within the first week of President Donald Trump’s return to the White House, he used executive authority to block taxpayer funds from paying for elective abortion procedures both in the U.S. and abroad and delivered a virtual message to the March for Life rally on Jan. 24, while Vice President JD Vance addressed marchers in person.
Georgetown conference calls on pro-life activists to globalize ‘revolution of love’ January 28, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News Pro-life activists examined their cause as a global one and heard a keynote address about “clarifying” their position at the 26th annual Cardinal O’Connor Conference on Life on Jan. 25.
Trump bars taxpayer funding for abortion in the U.S. or overseas January 27, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News President Donald Trump on Jan. 24 used executive authority to block taxpayer funds from paying for elective abortion procedures both in the U.S. and abroad.
Supreme Court takes up case over proposed Oklahoma Catholic charter school January 25, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Schools, Supreme Court, World News The U.S. Supreme Court said Jan. 24 it would take up a case concerning the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City’s effort to establish the St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School, which would be the nation’s first publicly funded religious charter school if it survives the challenge.
Trump tells March for Life rally by video he will ‘stand proudly’ for life and family January 24, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News President Donald Trump pledged to “stand proudly for families and for life” in a video message for the 52nd annual March for Life Jan. 24.
