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Kate Scanlon is the National Reporter (D.C.) for OSV News.

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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media as he prepares to board Air Force One in Missoula, Mont., Oct. 14, 2026. (OSV News/Evan Vucci, Reuters)

Trump calls off plan to livestream firing squad execution amid outcry

Kate Scanlon|Oct 15, 2026|3 Min Read

A lone protester looks on as Fisher Sand & Gravel construction crews build the US-Mexico border fence in Lochiel, Ariz., Oct. 8, 2026. (OSV News photo/Rebecca Noble, Reuters)

Catholic and evangelical leaders issue joint statement calling for compassionate immigration reform

Kate Scanlon|Oct 14, 2026|4 Min Read

Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, gestures during a news briefing during a June 10, 2026, session of the annual spring meeting of the USCCB in Orlando, Fla. After Pentagon officials said they planned to livestream the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan by firing squad in December, the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops denounced the plan as "barbaric” in an Oct. 9 statement. (OSV News photo/Bob Roller)

Archbishop Coakley calls planned livestream of firing squad execution ‘barbaric’

Kate Scanlon|Oct 9, 2026|3 Min Read

The Ste. Genevieve County Sheriff's Office and Detention Center also serves as an ICE detention center. The Archdiocese of St. Louis filed a federal lawsuit Oct. 5, 2026, over a no-contact policy that prohibits priests from distributing holy Communion and hearing confessions in the detention center. (OSV News/Jacob Wiegand, St. Louis Review)

St. Louis archdiocese sues ICE over Communion, confessions for detainees

Kate Scanlon|Oct 7, 2026|4 Min Read

Supreme Court Bar members wait to be first in line for the first day of the US Supreme Court's new term in Washington Oct. 5, 2026. (OSV News photo/Jonathan Ernst, Reuters)

Supreme Court opens new term with cases on guns, immigration and religious liberty

Kate Scanlon|Oct 5, 2026|6 Min Read

A priest is picture in a file photo celebrating Mass at the base chapel at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Great Falls, Mont. U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced Sept. 30 that he is starting an Office of Religious Affairs that reports directly to him. (OSV News photo photo/Chaz Muth)

Pentagon creates new Office of Religious Affairs to advocate for chaplains

Kate Scanlon|Oct 1, 2026|3 Min Read

A lethal injection chamber at Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla, Wash., is seen Sept. 6, 2024, in this file photo. (OSV News photo/Matt Mills McKnight, Reuters)

Catholic advocates call Tennessee's failed execution 'horrifying'

Kate Scanlon|Oct 1, 2026|5 Min Read

An attendee holds a poster during the 52nd annual March for Life rally in Washington Jan. 24, 2025. Catholics and other members of the pro-life movement are converging in Washington for the 54th annual March for Life Jan. 22, 2027, under the theme "The Truth is Pro-Life." (OSV News photo/Bob Roller)

March for Life announces 2027 theme: 'The Truth is Pro-Life'

Kate Scanlon|Sep 29, 2026|3 Min Read

The U.S. Supreme Court is seen in Washington May 11, 2026. An order from the high court Sept. 22 gave parents custody of a baby in a surrogacy fight. Surrogate McKenna West had argued she should be awarded custody of the newborn because the parents, Nausheen Gilkar and Omar Ahmed, had asked her to get an abortion after a heart defect in the child was discovered. (OSV News photo/Jonathan Ernst, Reuters)

Supreme Court won't intervene in surrogate-parent custody dispute

Kate Scanlon|Sep 22, 2026|2 Min Read

Police detain a protester in Austin, Texas, Sept. 20, 2026, after they issued dispersal orders at the site where city officials said that an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent was involved in a shooting earlier in the day. Bishop Daniel E. Garcia of Austin, Texas, spoke out that day against the ICE-involved shooting saying "people are living in terror and fear." (OSV News photo/Nuri Vallbona, Reuters)

Austin bishop condemns ICE shooting of DoorDash driver, urges policy reform

Kate Scanlon|Sep 21, 2026|3 Min Read

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Chinese President Xi at the start of their bilateral meeting at the G20 leaders summit in Osaka, Japan, June 29, 2019. Trump and Xi are scheduled to meet on Sept. 24, 2026, at the White House in Washington. (OSV News photo/Kevin Lamarque, Reuters)

Trump-Xi summit to cover AI, Taiwan, Ukraine as rights groups push for action

Kate Scanlon|Sep 21, 2026|5 Min Read

Bishop Robert E. Barron of Winona-Rochester, Minn., a member of the U.S. Religious Liberty Commission, speaks at the Rededicate 250: A National Jubilee of Prayer, Praise & Thanksgiving event at the National Mall in Washington May 17, 2026. Bishop Barron is among President Donald Trump's new nominations to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, according to a USCIRF announcement Sept. 16. (OSV News screenshot)

Bishop Barron accepts president's appointment to USCIRF post

Kate Scanlon|Sep 16, 2026|2 Min Read

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