Catholic Charities USA launches national hunger drive in case SNAP runs out Nov. 1 October 30, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Feature, News, U.S. Congress, World News Days before a looming lapse in federal food assistance programs, Catholic Charities USA, the network organization dedicated to carrying out the domestic humanitarian work of the Catholic Church in the United States, announced a national fundraising effort to provide an emergency supply of food to Catholic Charities agencies around the country.
Senators, pro-life group press Trump administration for information about abortion pill approval October 30, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News A national pro-life organization and two Republican senators said Oct. 29 that they would push the Trump administration for more information regarding the Food and Drug Administration’s recent approval of a new generic form of mifepristone — a pill commonly, but not exclusively, used for early abortion.
Gaza ceasefire tested as Israel and Hamas each say the other violated agreement October 29, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, World News President Donald Trump’s ceasefire agreement in Gaza was tested Oct. 28 as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the Israeli military to conduct strikes in Gaza as his government alleged Hamas violated a White House-backed ceasefire agreement by firing on Israeli forces and failing to return the remains of deceased hostages.
USCCB president raises alarm about disruption of federal food assistance October 29, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, News, U.S. Congress, World News The president of the U.S. bishops’ conference has urged lawmakers to fund federal food assistance before a looming deadline risks disrupting benefits for more than 40 million people.
Federal judge strikes Biden-era rule including gender identity in sex discrimination prohibition October 28, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Health Care, News, Respect Life, World News A federal judge recently struck down a rule issued by former President Joe Biden’s administration that sought to include gender identity and sexual orientation in regulations seeking to prevent discrimination in health care settings.
Despite policy changes, COVID-19 vaccines become available and may hold promising new uses October 28, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Health Care, News, World News Amid policy changes governing their use, and as research suggests promising new uses for messenger RNA, or mRNA, vaccine technology, COVID-19 vaccines have become available ahead of cold and flu season.
Wisconsin religious exemption upheld for Catholic Charities now back in court October 22, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, Supreme Court, World News Wisconsin’s attorney general has asked the state’s high court to consider invalidating a key religious exemption to the state’s unemployment program that has been used by faith-based organizations across Wisconsin and upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Military archdiocese calls Army pledge to ‘reexamine’ religious support contracts ‘inadequate’ October 21, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: DOGE cuts, News, World News The U.S. Army said religious support contracts for Army chapels would be “reexamined” after Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, head of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services, raised an alarm about their cancellation.
President of Colombia says U.S. strike killed fisherman; Trump says he will cut aid October 20, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, World News The president of Colombia accused the U.S. of murdering a fisherman in an attack on a boat in the Caribbean. President Donald Trump said in response he would cut assistance and impose new tariffs on the country.
Trump rolls out policy proposal to increase access to in vitro fertilization October 17, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Health Care, News, Respect Life, World News President Donald Trump announced Oct. 16 a policy proposal to increase access to in vitro fertilization, including issuing guidance urging employers to offer fertility benefits directly to their employees.
ICE enforcement impacts immigrant priests, seminarians and religious in U.S. October 16, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Immigrant priests, seminarians and religious in the U.S. are among those impacted by immigration enforcement policy, advocates and analysts told OSV News.
Fear at Chicago church puts in focus US bishops’ effort to protect migrants’ right to worship October 14, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Amid growing concern about the impact of the Trump administration’s rollback of a policy that prohibited immigration enforcement in sensitive locations, the U.S. Catholic bishops have offered their support to a lawsuit challenging the policy change.
