Florida carries out double executions as Catholic bishops call to end death penalty July 29, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Before Florida executed two inmates in one day July 28, the Catholic bishops of that state issued a pastoral letter urging Catholics to reflect on the Church’s moral opposition to the practice.
Florida Catholic bishops urge DeSantis to stay two executions set for July 28 July 22, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News The Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops on July 21 urged Gov. Ron DeSantis to stay two executions scheduled for July 28.
Women religious sue New York over law they say would force them to assist in patient suicides July 20, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Four orders of women religious and Catholic healthcare ministries sued the state of New York July 17 over a new law allowing physicians to aid terminally ill adults in dying by suicide.
Vice president JD Vance and second lady Usha Vance welcome birth of their 4th child July 20, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Second lady Usha Vance gave birth July 19 to the couple’s fourth child, Vice President JD Vance announced on X.
Senators press Blanche on mifepristone lawsuits, Epstein survivors July 16, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News During his July 15 confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche took questions from senators on issues ranging from objections to the way the Department of Justice handled the release of the Epstein files to the way it has approached state challenges to a policy permitting distribution of mifepristone by mail.
Sen. Lindsey Graham dies at 71; SC governor selects his sister to finish his term July 14, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Darline Graham Nordone, the sister of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, will complete the remainder of his term in the U.S. Senate, Gov. Henry McMaster, R-S.C., said July 13.
Women who say they experienced harm from abortion pill push Blanche to settle suit on FDA policy July 9, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Ahead of an upcoming hearing on his nomination to lead the Department of Justice, a national pro-life group urged Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche to side with states challenging a federal policy permitting mifepristone, sometimes called the abortion pill, to be dispensed through the mail.
Supreme Court strikes down some Trump priorities, but expands presidential power July 8, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, Supreme Court, World News The U.S. Supreme Court ended its 2025-2026 term with major rulings striking down President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting birthright citizenship, and upholding West Virginia and Idaho state laws requiring student athletes to compete on sports teams that correspond to their biological sex rather than their self-identified gender.
Ezra Jin Mingri, Chinese prisoner of conscience, released to US July 7, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News Ezra Jin Mingri, founder and pastor of an underground church in China and a prisoner of conscience in that country, was released from imprisonment and reunited with his family in the U.S. shortly before Independence Day, U.S. officials said.
Planned Parenthood to receive Medicaid funds again as defunding provision expires July 6, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News A provision of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” that stopped Planned Parenthood from receiving Medicaid payments for a year expired July 4, allowing the nation’s largest abortion provider to regain access to hundreds of millions of dollars in Medicaid funding.
Vance calls the Vatican’s views on immigration ‘troubling’ July 1, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Vice President JD Vance said during a June 30 interview that he sees some of the Vatican’s views on immigration as “troubling.”
Supreme Court finds Trump executive order on birthright citizenship unconstitutional July 1, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, Supreme Court, World News The U.S. Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting birthright citizenship on June 30, finding the order violated the 14th Amendment.
