Supreme Court takes up case over proposed Oklahoma Catholic charter school January 25, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Schools, Supreme Court, World News The U.S. Supreme Court said Jan. 24 it would take up a case concerning the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City’s effort to establish the St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School, which would be the nation’s first publicly funded religious charter school if it survives the challenge.
Trump tells March for Life rally by video he will ‘stand proudly’ for life and family January 24, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News President Donald Trump pledged to “stand proudly for families and for life” in a video message for the 52nd annual March for Life Jan. 24.
Trump orders JFK, RFK, MLK assassination files declassified: ‘Everything will be revealed’ January 24, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, World News President Donald Trump on Jan. 23 signed an executive order directing the declassification of files on the assassinations of former President John F. Kennedy, the nation’s first Catholic president, his brother Sen. Robert Kennedy, and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the famed Civil Rights era leader.
Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order January 23, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News A federal judge on Jan. 23 temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to change the interpretation of the 14th Amendment, which grants birthright citizenship.
JD Vance to speak at March for Life rally January 23, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Vice President JD Vance will speak at the March for Life rally in the nation’s capital Jan. 24, organizers announced a day prior to the event.
Former Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards dies at 67 January 23, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Obituaries, Respect Life, World News Cecile Richards, former Planned Parenthood president and progressive activist, died Jan. 20 after a battle with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer. She was 67.
Catholic leaders condemn Trump’s order to expand use of death penalty January 22, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News President Donald Trump signed an executive order on the federal death penalty Jan. 20, among the first actions of his second term, directing the attorney general to “pursue the death penalty for all crimes of a severity demanding its use,” prompting statements of concern from Catholic opponents of the practice.
USCCB president calls Trump orders on migration, death penalty ‘deeply troubling’ January 22, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, Respect Life, World News Executive orders signed by President Donald Trump on issues including migration, the environment and the death penalty are “deeply troubling,” Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, said in a Jan. 22 statement, while praising another on gender policy.
Trump signs executive order directing government to only recognize two biological sexes January 22, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, News, Respect Life, Uncategorized, World News President Donald Trump signed executive orders Jan. 20 that direct the U.S. government to only recognize two sexes, male and female, and another ending diversity, equity and inclusion programs within federal agencies.
Trump administration reverses policy to permit ICE arrests at churches January 22, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News The Trump administration said Jan. 21 it would rescind a long-standing policy preventing Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from making arrests at what are seen as sensitive locations, including houses of worship, schools and hospitals.
Episcopal bishop pushes Trump on immigration at inaugural interfaith prayer service January 22, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Episcopal Bishop Mariann Budde of Washington raised some concerns Jan. 21 over policies being advanced by the new Trump administration, asking President Donald Trump at an event where he was in attendance to show “mercy” to migrants and refugees coming to the U.S. for a better life.
Trump’s birthright citizenship order challenged in lawsuit January 21, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Immigration and Migration, News, World News A coalition of advocacy groups led by the American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit Jan. 20 challenging President Donald Trump’s Day 1 executive order seeking to change the interpretation of the 14th Amendment, which grants birthright citizenship.
