Heightened threat environment for judiciary raises concerns March 18, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Supreme Court, World News A heightened threat environment for Supreme Court justices comes amid a series of high-profile or controversial rulings by the nation’s highest court on topics including abortion, presidential immunity, the administrative state and gun policy.
Paxton files first criminal charges for alleged violation of Texas’ abortion restrictions March 18, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News A midwife has been arrested and charged after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton alleged she performed abortions illegal under that state’s law, marking the first criminal charges brought under its near-total abortion ban.
CRS, women religious from Africa describe impact of US foreign aid cuts on lifesaving programs March 14, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Disaster Relief, DOGE cuts, News, World News Women religious from Africa and a representative of Catholic Relief Services, the overseas charitable arm of the Catholic Church in the U.S., grappled with the Trump administration’s cuts to foreign aid during a March 13 panel hosted by the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life at Georgetown University.
Republican congressman pushes administration to place Nigeria on religious freedom watch list March 14, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News A Republican lawmaker urged the Trump administration on March 12 to designate Nigeria as a “country of particular concern” in response to violence in that country perpetuated against predominantly Christian communities.
Dean of Georgetown Law says interim U.S. attorney’s DEI threat attacks its Catholic mission March 13, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, News, Racial Justice, World News The dean of Georgetown University’s law school said the Jesuit institution will not alter its curriculum formed in Catholic teaching despite a threat from the District of Columbia’s acting top prosecutor.
Education Department cuts could make impact on Catholic education, experts say March 12, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: DOGE cuts, Feature, News, Schools, World News The U.S. Department of Education said March 11 it planned to cut about 50 percent of its workforce. Such cuts could also impact Catholic education, experts told OSV News.
Pro-life groups praise Justice Department’s move to drop suit against Idaho abortion law March 12, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News Pro-life groups praised the Trump administration’s recent move to drop a Biden administration lawsuit against an Idaho law over what the government previously argued was a conflict between Idaho’s abortion restrictions and federal law governing emergency health care.
Supreme Court to review Colorado ‘conversion therapy’ ban for minors March 11, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Supreme Court, World News The Supreme Court said March 10 that it will hear a First Amendment challenge to a Colorado law banning professional counseling services that practice “conversion therapy” for minors, efforts intended to change one’s gender identity or sexual orientation.
4 in 5 USAID projects now canceled, with State Department overseeing the rest March 10, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Disaster Relief, DOGE cuts, Feature, News, World News U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said March 10 that just 18 percent of programs of the now-shuttered U.S. Agency for International Development will remain intact, and those will now fall under his purview at the State Department.
South Carolina carries out execution by firing squad March 10, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, World News Brad Keith Sigmon, who was convicted of the 2001 murders of Gladys and David Larke, his ex-girlfriend’s parents, was executed March 7 and was pronounced dead at 6:08 p.m.
Catholic immigration advocates seek to counter false narratives about their work March 6, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Social Teaching, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Participants in the event, “Understanding Migration from a Catholic Perspective” held at The Catholic University of America, examined current and historical narratives around U.S. immigration, seeking new ways to dialogue with those skeptical about the church’s work in this area, including some Trump administration officials.
Supreme Court rejects Trump administration’s request to freeze foreign aid payments March 5, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Disaster Relief, Feature, News, Supreme Court, World News The Supreme Court on March 5 rejected the Trump administration’s request to freeze nearly $2 billion in foreign aid payments, directing the White House to abide by a lower court order. Catholic nongovernmental organizations are among those impacted by the freeze.
