Pro-life groups urge follow through from Blanche on policy permitting mifepristone by mail August 12, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News WASHINGTON (OSV News) — As Todd Blanche was confirmed and sworn in as attorney general, a group of pro-life organizations urged him to follow through on his previous comments that the Trump administration would review a Biden administration policy permitting the shipment of mifepristone by mail. The Trump administration has sought to pause multiple state […]
Clarksville parishioners named Knights of Columbus International Family of the Year August 7, 2026By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Knights of Columbus, Local News, News, Respect Life Parishioners of St. Louis in Clarksville have been named the Knights of Columbus International Family of the Year, an honor recognizing their decades of service to the church, their community and the pro-life movement.
Blanche signals potential restrictions on mifepristone by mail coming from Trump administration August 7, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche signaled on a call with a predominantly Protestant Christian ministry that the Trump administration would be “putting practices and policies in place” to stop shipment of mifepristone by mail.
Delores ‘Dee’ Silverman, co-founder of Pregnancy Center North, dies at 85 August 4, 2026By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries, Respect Life Silverman, co-founder of Pregnancy Center North (PCN) in Towson, died July 5 in Nevada. She was 85.
Court shields women religious from New York assisted suicide law August 3, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News A federal judge July 30 temporarily shielded four orders of women religious and Catholic healthcare ministries from enforcement of a New York state law allowing physicians to aid terminally ill adults in dying by suicide.
DOJ settles with pardoned pro-life activist over FACE Act prosecution; more may follow July 29, 2026By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News One of the 23 pro-life activists pardoned by President Donald Trump in 2025 for violating the federal Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, or FACE Act, has reached a settlement with the federal government.
US bishops call for nationwide prayer and action amid rising abortion rate July 29, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News The U.S. Catholic bishops issued a nationwide call to prayer and action July 27 over the rising abortion rate and the increased availability of an abortion-inducing drug.
Florida carries out double executions as Catholic bishops call to end death penalty July 29, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Before Florida executed two inmates in one day July 28, the Catholic bishops of that state issued a pastoral letter urging Catholics to reflect on the Church’s moral opposition to the practice.
Florida Catholic bishops urge DeSantis to stay two executions set for July 28 July 22, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News The Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops on July 21 urged Gov. Ron DeSantis to stay two executions scheduled for July 28.
The growing weaponization of the abortion pill July 21, 2026By Katie Yoder OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Respect Life Rosalie Markezich smiled when she realized she was pregnant in 2023. The young woman from Louisiana waited a week before telling her then-boyfriend, who was initially supportive. Then, she says, he changed his mind.
Women religious sue New York over law they say would force them to assist in patient suicides July 20, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Four orders of women religious and Catholic healthcare ministries sued the state of New York July 17 over a new law allowing physicians to aid terminally ill adults in dying by suicide.
French bishops decry vote legalizing ‘assisted dying’ as ‘turning point’ in nation’s history July 16, 2026By Caroline de Sury OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News France’s bishops are strongly criticizing a “radical choice” made by French lawmakers to legalize “assisted dying.”
