Senate Republicans block Ukraine-Israel emergency aid over border, raising Catholic concerns December 8, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, U.S. Congress, War in Ukraine, World News Senate Republicans Dec. 6 blocked an emergency spending bill to provide billions of dollars in wartime aid to Ukraine and Israel while calling for strict new policies at the U.S.-Mexico border opposed by some Catholic immigration advocates.
Texas judge grants exception to state abortion ban December 8, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News A Texas judge ruled Dec. 7 in favor of a pregnant mother who sued the state to seek an exemption to its abortion ban after she argued that continuing with her pregnancy would endanger her life and future fertility.
GOP presidential candidates debate absent Trump, gender transitions for minors December 7, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, World News Four Republican presidential candidates participated in a Dec. 6 debate in Tuscaloosa, Alabama seeking to increase their support as their party’s first contests in the primary process are scheduled next month.
Holy Spirit inspires creativity, simplicity in evangelization, pope says December 6, 2023By Kate Scanlon Catholic News Service Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, News, World News Christians must rely more on the Holy Spirit than on their own plans and strategies if they hope to fulfill their mission to share the good news of God’s love and of salvation in Christ, Pope Francis said.
Tuberville ends hold on hundreds of military promotions over Pentagon abortion policy December 6, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress, World News Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., told reporters on Capitol Hill Dec. 5 that he would end his monthslong blockade on hundreds of military promotions undertaken in protest of a Pentagon abortion policy.
FBI director spars with GOP Senators about memo on ‘radical traditionalist Catholics’ December 5, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, U.S. Congress, World News FBI Director Christopher Wray sparred with Republicans during testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee Dec. 5 about a leaked and withdrawn memo from the bureau’s Richmond, Virginia, field office about political extremism in some Catholic groups.
Report: Fewer states use capital punishment, but more prisoners executed in 2023 December 4, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Just five states — Texas, Florida, Missouri, Oklahoma and Alabama — carried out executions in 2023, while a majority of U.S. states have banned or paused the practice by executive order, according to a new report by the Death Penalty Information Center.
Sandra Day O’Connor, first woman on the U.S. Supreme Court, dies at 93 December 1, 2023By Kate Scanlon Filed Under: Feature, News, Obituaries, Supreme Court, World News Sandra Day O’Connor, who was the first female U.S. Supreme Court justice, and often a crucial swing vote as a moderate, died Dec. 1 in Phoenix, per a statement from the high court. She was 93.
Henry Kissinger, famed diplomat who shaped U.S. foreign policy and met popes, dies at 100 December 1, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Obituaries, World News Henry Kissinger, a former secretary of state who shaped U.S. foreign policy for decades, died Nov. 29 at his Connecticut home, his consulting firm announced. He was 100.
Texas Supreme Court considers request for clarity on exemptions to abortion ban November 29, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News The Texas Supreme Court Nov. 28 heard arguments in a challenge to the state’s abortion ban after a group of women alleged that the law forced them to continue pregnancies despite grave risks to their health.
Texas immigration bill will likely face legal challenge November 28, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, is expected to sign an immigration bill that would make it a state crime to cross into Texas from Mexico. Catholic organizations including the Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops have opposed the legislation.
Biden celebrates release of some Hamas hostages, says it is ‘only a start’ November 27, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News President Joe Biden said Nov. 26 that he and first lady Jill Biden, “together with so many Americans are praying,” for 4-year-old Abigail Edan, an Israeli-American child who was in the third group of hostages released a few hours earlier by Hamas.
