Poll shows mixed views of Trump’s policies, including deportations April 3, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, World News U.S. adults hold mixed views of Trump administration policies, including on deportations, a new Marquette Law School Poll found.
Colorado lawmaker touts taxpayer-funded abortion as cost-saving measure April 3, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News After Colorado voters repealed a state constitutional amendment barring state taxpayer funds for abortion, some lawmakers are advancing legislation to permit the use of those funds for abortion.
Supreme Court hears case over effort to bar Planned Parenthood from Medicaid funds April 3, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, Supreme Court, World News The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument April 2 in a case concerning South Carolina’s attempt to prevent Planned Parenthood from participating in its Medicaid health program, in what could determine the nation’s largest abortion provider’s ability to use public funds in states that have restricted abortion.
Idaho schools to teach fetal development, show ultrasound videos when teaching related material April 2, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News Idaho lawmakers recently approved legislation that will require public schools to teach fetal development and show ultrasound video to students in grades five to 12.
Supreme Court hears Catholic agency’s case seeking religious exemption to state program March 31, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Charities, News, Supreme Court, World News The U.S. Supreme Court on March 31 heard oral arguments in a case from the Catholic Charities Bureau of the Diocese of Superior, Wisconsin, in which the agency argued that a decision by the Wisconsin Supreme Court discounted its religious identity.
Pro-life advocates call on Trump, Congress to fully defund Planned Parenthood March 28, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress, World News A coalition of pro-life groups went to the U.S. Capitol March 27 to urge Congress and President Donald Trump’s administration to eliminate federal funding for Planned Parenthood, shortly before the Supreme Court is set to consider a case concerning that funding.
USCIRF says government must not retreat from defense of international religious liberty March 27, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News The U.S. should not retreat from its vital role in defending and promoting religious freedom around the globe, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom urged in a March 25 event unveiling its 2025 annual report.
Supreme Court upholds effort to regulate ‘ghost guns’ March 26, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Gun Violence, News, Supreme Court, World News The Supreme Court March 26 upheld a Biden administration effort to regulate so-called “ghost guns,” or unserialized, untraceable firearms that can be assembled in as little as 30 minutes from kits purchased online.
Cardinal McElroy, immigration advocates warn U.S. at a moral crossroad with migrants March 26, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Representatives of Catholic and immigration advocacy organizations, and Washington’s new Cardinal Robert W. McElroy, grappled with the need to send a clear moral message on the dignity of migrants amid the “uncertainty” of the political moment at a recent event in the nation’s capital.
Pope Francis’ 12-year papacy examined for impact on migration March 21, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, Vatican, World News Catholic theologians and other experts discussed the impact of Pope Francis’ pontificate on issues, particularly migration, as the pope remained in the hospital during a March 19 panel hosted by the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life at Georgetown University.
CRS urges U.S. restore ‘life-saving and life-giving assistance’ after Rubio review March 20, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: DOGE cuts, Feature, News, World News Baltimore-based CRS said the “termination of dozens of CRS’ life-saving projects,” including 11 operating under humanitarian waivers, “will permanently cut off critical aid to more than 20 million people worldwide.”
Catholic migrant advocates ‘deeply alarmed’ by Trump use of Alien Enemies Act March 19, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, World News President Donald Trump on March 15 invoked the Alien Enemies Act for the first time since World War II, granting himself broad authority under a wartime law to deport people allegedly associated with a Venezuelan gang, sparking a legal battle and prompting concern from Catholic immigration advocates.
