Trump marks 9/11 anniversary at Pentagon ceremony amid gloom of Charlie Kirk killing September 12, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 9/11, Feature, News, World News President Donald Trump marked the 24th anniversary of the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, at the Pentagon, prior to his scheduled trip to New York for a similar event, and in the shadow of the nation’s first high profile political assassination in decades.
Supreme Court temporarily allows Trump administration to hold up billions in foreign aid September 11, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Social Teaching, News, Supreme Court, World News The U.S. Supreme Court Sept. 9 paused a judge’s order requiring President Donald Trump’s administration to spend billions in previously approved foreign aid the president has sought to rescind.
Bishops, officials call for prayer after conservative activist Charlie Kirk shot and killed September 10, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, World News President Donald Trump said conservative activist Charlie Kirk died after being shot Sept. 10 during an event at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. Public officials and other commentators called for prayer after he was shot in the neck, reportedly by a sniper. Kirk was 31 and a married father with two young children.
White House launches prayer campaign as part of nation’s 250th anniversary celebration September 9, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News The White House has launched an initiative calling for prayers for the nation as part of the celebration of the upcoming 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States.
Department of Education to issue guidance on protecting prayer in public schools, Trump says September 8, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, Schools, World News The Department of Education will issue new guidance “protecting the right to prayer” in public schools, President Donald Trump said Sept. 8 during remarks at the Museum of the Bible for the Department of Justice’s Religious Liberty Commission.
Congress faces shutdown deadline as Catholic groups warn nation’s poor at risk September 5, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Social Teaching, News, U.S. Congress, World News After lawmakers returned to Washington from their August recess, they faced a familiar deadline: Passing legislation to fund the federal government and avert a shutdown at the end of September.
Lawmakers grapple with potential public policy responses after church shooting during school Mass September 4, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, Schools, World News After the deadly Aug. 27 mass shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis during a liturgy marking the start of the school year, lawmakers are weighing what — if any — legislative response may follow.
Trump says his administration will pursue capital punishment for all murders in D.C. August 26, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News President Donald Trump said at an Aug. 26 Cabinet meeting that capital punishment will be sought for all murders in Washington, D.C.
Federal judge rules Maine abortion clinic network can lose Medicaid funding August 26, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Health Care, News, Respect Life, World News A federal judge in Maine declined on Aug. 25 to prevent the government from stripping Medicaid funding from a network of abortion providers in Maine, arguing that doing so would circumvent “the will of the people as expressed by Congress.”
Kilmar Abrego Garcia faces deportation to Uganda after surrendering to immigration authorities August 25, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, World News Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national and Maryland resident at the center of a high-profile immigration case, surrendered to U.S. immigration authorities in Baltimore on Aug. 25, and faces possible deportation to Uganda, a nation that recently agreed to accept certain deportees from the U.S., even those that have no ties to the country like Abrego Garcia.
ICE detentions in immigration courts prompt alarm from Catholic advocates August 25, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News As the Trump administration seeks to implement its hardline immigration policies, it has increased enforcement actions by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in immigration courts, prompting alarm from Catholic immigration advocates.
Bishop concerned about ‘human dignity’ of detainees after governor plans ‘Cornhusker Clink’ August 25, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, Respect Life, World News Bishop James D. Conley of Lincoln, Neb., expressed concern Aug. 22 about “safeguarding human dignity” of detainees after the state’s governor announced plans for a migrant detention center dubbed “Cornhusker Clink.”
