Judge upholds program allowing some migrants to enter U.S. on humanitarian grounds March 13, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News A federal judge March 8 dismissed a challenge from Republican-led states, allowing the Biden administration to continue operating a program permitting some migrants from four countries to enter the U.S. on humanitarian grounds.
Texas judge blocks Paxton’s Annunciation House subpoena over due process concerns March 13, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News A state judge March 11 temporarily blocked the Texas attorney general’s demands for the records of Annunciation House, citing concerns the state had a “predetermined” motive to shut down the Catholic nonprofit serving migrants.
Caridades Católicas y otras tres grandes organizaciones sin fines de lucro, se unen para contrarrestar la polarización en EE.UU. March 8, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: En Español Cuatro importantes organizaciones sin ánimo de lucro han lanzado un esfuerzo conjunto para contrarrestar el aumento de la polarización y el aislamiento en EE.UU., incluyendo Caridades Católicas USA, la organización dedicada a llevar a cabo la labor humanitaria doméstica de la Iglesia Católica en Estados Unidos.
Catholic Charities, three other major nonprofits ‘team up’ to counter polarization in U.S. March 8, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Charities, News, Social Justice, World News Four major nonprofits have launched a joint effort to counteract rising polarization and isolation in the U.S., including Catholic Charities USA, the organization dedicated to carrying out the domestic humanitarian work of the Catholic Church in the United States.
In boisterous State of the Union, Biden calls for Ukraine aid, abortion law and immigration reforms March 8, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress, War in Ukraine, World News In his third State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol, Biden said “this is no ordinary moment” in U.S. history.
Department of Veterans Affairs finalizes abortion policy deplored by U.S. military archbishop March 8, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, News, Respect Life, World News The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs finalized March 6 its interim policy permitting abortion at VA hospitals and clinics when there is risk to the mother’s life or in cases of rape or incest.
Alabama governor signs IVF bill pro-life groups call ‘ill-considered’ and ‘unjust’ March 7, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Alabama’s Republican Gov. Kay Ivey March 6 signed into law a bill passed by lawmakers to grant legal protection to in vitro fertilization clinics after a ruling by that state’s Supreme Court found that frozen embryos qualify as children under the state law’s wrongful death law.
Haley suspends bid, but Super Tuesday results may have warning signs for Trump and Biden March 7, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, News, World News Former U.N. Ambassador and South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley suspended her bid for president March 6, leaving her party’s front-runner, former President Donald Trump, without any major rivals for the nomination.
Supreme Court’s Trump ballot ruling shows agreement amid differences over scope, prof says March 6, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, World News The U.S. Supreme Court ruled March 4 that the 14th Amendment does not permit Colorado to bar former President Donald Trump from the state’s primary ballot, as doing so would be a matter for Congress, not the states.
Alabama House, Senate pass similar bills to safeguard IVF; once reconciled, bill goes to governor March 4, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Alabama lawmakers in both the state’s House and Senate Feb. 29 passed similar bills to implement legal protections to in vitro fertilization clinics following a ruling by that state’s Supreme Court that frozen embryos qualify as children under the state law’s wrongful death law.
Texas executes death-row inmate despite allegations of false testimony at trial February 29, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News Ivan Cantu was executed Feb. 28 by the state of Texas despite claims that the Texan’s 2001 conviction for killing James Mosqueda and Amy Kitchen, his cousin and his cousin’s fiancee, was based on false testimony.
Justices weigh Texas, Florida laws regulating Big Tech content moderation February 28, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Supreme Court, World News The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Feb. 26 in cases challenging the constitutionality of laws in Florida and Texas that seek to limit the ability of social media companies to moderate content on their platforms.
