Report: Homelessness reaches record high amid affordable housing crunch December 31, 2024By Kate Scanlon Filed Under: Feature, News, Social Justice, World News The United States saw an increase of about 18 percent in homelessness this year, a record high, according to a federal report.
American political life saw a history-making, tumultuous 2024 December 31, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Arts & Culture, Feature, News, World News A historic year in American politics saw former President Donald Trump elected to a second term in the Oval Office four years after he lost his run for a consecutive term.
Jimmy Carter, the first president to host a pope at the White House, dies at 100 December 29, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Obituaries, World News Former President Jimmy Carter died Dec. 29 at his home in Plains, Georgia, his presidential library announced. At 100, Carter, who had been in hospice care since February 2023, was the longest-living U.S. president.
Report: Most US executions in 2024 come down to 4 states December 28, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News Just four states were responsible for three-quarters of the executions that took place in the U.S. in 2024, according to a new report by the Death Penalty Information Center.
In 2024, state laws of interest to Catholics span abortion to IVF to immigration December 27, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, Supreme Court, World News State laws of interest to Catholics spanned policy areas from abortion to IVF to immigration in 2024. An expected ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court in 2025 could have an impact on state laws across the country banning certain types of medical or surgical gender reassignment procedures for minors who identify as transgender.
Biden commutes most federal death-row sentences to life in prison December 23, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Several days after speaking with Pope Francis, President Joe Biden announced Dec. 23 that he would commute most existing federal death sentences to life in prison.
Trump names CatholicVote’s Brian Burch as next Holy See ambassador December 23, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, News, Vatican, World News President-elect Donald Trump on Dec. 20 announced his intention to appoint Brian Burch, currently the president of CatholicVote, as the next U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See.
Marquette poll: Public rates Biden at all-time low, splits on Trump Cabinet picks December 19, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, News, World News President Joe Biden is nearing the end of his term in the White House with an all-time low approval rating, according to a new Marquette Law School Poll.
Supreme Court takes up S.C. Planned Parenthood defunding case December 18, 2024By Kate Scanlon Filed Under: News, Respect Life, Supreme Court, World News The U.S. Supreme Court said Dec. 18 it will hear a case concerning South Carolina’s attempt to prevent Planned Parenthood from participating in its Medicaid health program, setting up what could be a major case about the nation’s largest abortion provider’s ability to use public funds in states that have restricted abortion.
3 dead, including teen suspect, in mass shooting at Wisconsin Christian school December 17, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Gun Violence, News, World News Police in Madison, Wisc., said they are investigating a mass shooting at that city’s Abundant Life Christian School Dec. 16 that left multiple people dead and injured.
Supreme Court to hear Catholic agency’s religious exemption case December 16, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, Supreme Court, World News The U.S. Supreme Court on Dec. 13 agreed to hear a case from the Catholic Charities Bureau of the Diocese of Superior, Wisconsin, in which the agency argued a decision by the Wisconsin Supreme Court discounted its religious identity.
Texas AG sues N.Y. doctor for prescribing abortion pills to woman in Dallas area December 16, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit on behalf of the state against a New York-based doctor for prescribing abortion pills to a woman near Dallas, his office said Dec. 13.
