Washington state bans AR-15 sales, requires training and waiting period for new gun buys April 27, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, World News Washington state enacted a new law April 25 banning the sale, manufacture and import of assault weapons, or military-style semi-automatic firearms such as the AR-15, a weapon that has been used in some of the recent mass shootings in the United States.
Biden anuncia su candidatura a la reelección, preparando el enfrentamiento de 2024 con sus rivales del Partido Republicano April 26, 2023By Kate Scanlon Filed Under: En Español El presidente Joe Biden anunció el 25 de abril que buscará un segundo mandato en la Casa Blanca. Biden, demócrata, es el segundo presidente católico de la nación, pero su reelección lo convertiría en el primer católico en servir dos veces en la presidencia.
Haley calls for national ‘consensus’ on abortion that is ‘already within reach’ April 26, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley delivered remarks April 25 calling for a “national consensus” on abortion, embracing some general policy positions on the subject, but she stopped short of endorsing specific gestational limits at the federal level.
Biden announces reelection bid, setting up 2024 showdown with GOP rivals April 25, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, World News President Joe Biden announced April 25 that he will seek a second term in the White House. Biden, a Democrat, is the nation’s second Catholic president, but his reelection would make him the first Catholic to serve twice in the Oval Office.
DeSantis lowers Florida’s threshold to impose death penalty, signs legislation criticized by state’s Catholic bishops April 24, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill April 20 that will eliminate the state’s requirement that juries in capital punishment cases agree unanimously to recommend death sentences, lowering the number of jurors needed to hand down a death sentence to the lowest threshold of any U.S. state.
Supreme Court blocks lower court’s restrictions on abortion pill, leaving drug on market April 21, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, Supreme Court, World News The U.S. Supreme Court said April 21 it would block a lower court’s restrictions on an abortion pill, leaving the drug on the market while litigation over the drug proceeds.
Supreme Court extends administrative stay in abortion pill legal challenge April 19, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News The U.S. Supreme Court said it would extend the administrative stay in the abortion pill dispute until April 21, temporarily keeping in place status quo federal regulations regarding the use of an abortion drug, and giving the court additional time to consider a lower court’s ruling to stay the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the drug.
Georgetown panel argues for ‘women’s ordination’ in face of papal teaching April 19, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News A Georgetown panel considered “the question of women’s ordination” April 17, describing the matter as “unfinished” despite Pope Francis’ current teaching and St. John Paul II’s 1994 teaching that Jesus Christ reserved the sacred priesthood to men alone even as the Lord promoted the dignity of women.
Arizona bishops praise governor’s veto of ‘problematic’ gun legislation April 19, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, World News Arizona’s Catholic bishops praised the state’s Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs for vetoing legislation on gun regulations they called “problematic.”
Supreme Court hears arguments over Christians’ right not to work on Sunday April 19, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Supreme Court, World News The U.S. Supreme Court heard April 18 arguments in a case that could have broad implications for employees seeking religious accommodations from their employers.
Colorado lawmakers expand access to abortion; Kansas governor vetoes born-alive bill April 18, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Pro-life advocates encountered set-backs as Colorado’s governor signed a trio of bills to expand access to abortion in the Centennial State, and Kansas Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed a “born-alive” bill that seeks to protect infants who survive failed abortion attempts.
Leading Catholic lawmaker calls on Defense secretary to back military archbishop in Walter Reed dispute April 18, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, U.S. Congress, World News A leading Catholic lawmaker and religious freedom advocate has called on the Biden administration to support the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services in a dispute over a long-running Catholic pastoral care contract that a leading U.S. military medical center awarded to a secular defense contractor.
