(OSV News) — Days after participating in Pope Leo XIV’s July 4 visit to the Italian island of Lampedusa — where close to 50,000 refugees and migrants landed in 2025 alone …
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) — During his July 15 confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche took questions from senators on issues ranging from objections to …
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DARIEN, Ga. (OSV News) — In late October, a little more than a month after Archbishop Fulton Sheen is to become “blessed,” the sixth beatification on American soil will take place …
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FORT MYERS, Fla. (OSV News) — Is it possible a singular moment could quantify the emotions elicited during an episcopal ordination? For those who witnessed the ordination of Bishop Emilio Biosca …
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Analysis: Blanche nomination to lead DOJ faces key challenges before confirmation hearing
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonPresident Donald Trump’s nomination of Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche to be confirmed to that role faces several key challenges.
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Women who say they experienced harm from abortion pill push Blanche to settle suit on FDA policy
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonA US pro-life group urged Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche to side with states against a federal policy permitting an abortion pill to be sent by mail.
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Bishop Gary R. Studniewski and Bishop Robert P. Boxie III were ordained July 7 as auxiliary bishops of the Archdiocese of Washington
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Analysis: Supreme Court strikes down some Trump priorities, but expands presidential power
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonWASHINGTON (OSV News) — The U.S. Supreme Court ended its 2025-2026 term with major rulings striking down President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting birthright citizenship, and upholding West Virginia and Idaho …
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(OSV News) — Sister Catherine Lucia Phoebe Addington of the Daughters of St. Paul still remembers when she first walked into a convent chapel as a fourth grader. “I saw …
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Planned Parenthood to get millions in Medicaid again as defunding lapses
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonA provision of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” that stopped Planned Parenthood from receiving Medicaid payments for a year expired July 4.
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