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

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LGBTQ-themed storybooks are pictured in a donation box at the Doylestown Bookshop in Pennsylvania April 7, 2023. The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington April 22, 2025, heard a legal challenge brought against the Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland by an interfaith group of parents to allow them to opt their children out of classroom instruction pertaining to books containing LGBTQ+ themes, which they object to on religious grounds. (OSV News photo/Hannah Beier, Reuters)

High court hears Maryland parents' case seeking classroom opt-out of LGBTQ+ themed books

Kate Scanlon|Apr 22, 2025|3 Min Read

The Washington Capitol is pictured in Olympia April 11, 2020. Legislation that would require clergy to report child abuse or neglect in Washington state has been sent to Democratic Gov. Bob Ferguson for his signature. Some Catholics argue if it becomes law, it will force priests to break the seal of confession. (OSV News photo/Jason Redmond, Reuters)

Washington state bill requiring clergy to report child abuse heads to governor's desk

Kate Scanlon|Apr 16, 2025|3 Min Read

A person is pictured in a file photo holding a sign against physician-assisted suicide. As many as 18 states will consider bills to legalize the practice in 2025, according to the group Death With Dignity, which supports physician-assisted suicide. But a smaller number of states have advanced such bills in 2025, including Illinois and Delaware. (OSV News photo/Kevin J. Parks, Catholic Review)

Several states consider assisted suicide legislation in 2025

Kate Scanlon|Apr 16, 2025|4 Min Read

Father Charles Gnanapragasam, a priest from India, chats with well-wishers following a "Keep Our Priests" rosary rally at St. Mary Church in East Islip, N.Y., April 29, 2024. (OSV News/Gregory A. Shemitz)

USCCB backs bill that would allow immigrant religious workers to stay in U.S.

Kate Scanlon|Apr 11, 2025|3 Min Read

Salvadoran police officers escort an alleged member of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua in Tecoluca, El Salvador, March 16, 2025, who were recently deported by the U.S. government to be imprisoned in the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) prison, as part of an agreement with the Salvadoran government. (OSV News photo/Secretaria de Prensa de la Presidencia/Handout via Reuters)

Supreme Court permits migrant deportations under wartime law, for now

Kate Scanlon|Apr 9, 2025|3 Min Read

A young woman works on her homework at home in Bowling Green, Ky., Nov. 27, 2021. The Zadran family, Afghan refugees fleeing the Taliban, came to Bowling Green after a spell at a New Mexico military base. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said it would not renew its cooperative agreements with the federal government related to children’s services and refugee support after its longstanding partnerships with the federal government in those areas became "untenable." (OSV News photo/Amira Karaoud, Reuters)

USCCB ends cooperative agreements with US government after work suspended

Kate Scanlon|Apr 7, 2025|4 Min Read

A Planned Parenthood facility in Washington is seen in this file photo. The U.S. Supreme Court heard an oral argument April 2, 2025, in a case concerning South Carolina's attempt to prevent Planned Parenthood from participating in its Medicaid health program. (OSV News photo/Tyler Orsburn)

Supreme Court hears case over effort to bar Planned Parenthood from Medicaid funds

Kate Scanlon|Apr 2, 2025|3 Min Read

A certified nurse midwife smiles as she performs an ultrasound during a patient's 36-week checkup at a birthing center in Berkeley, Calif., Aug. 1, 2024. Idaho Republican Gov. Brad Little signed Senate Bill 1046 into law March 27, 2025, following its approval by the Idaho Senate in a 27-8 vote on Feb. 27 and by the Idaho House of Representatives in a 63-6 vote on March 18. (OSV News photo/Brittany Hosea-Small, Reuters)

Idaho schools to teach fetal development, show ultrasound videos when teaching related material

Kate Scanlon|Apr 1, 2025|2 Min Read

Stephen Schneck, commissioner and chair of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, is seen in this 2017 file photo. At a March 25, 2025, event to unveil its annual report, USCIRF urged the U.S. not to retreat from its vital role in defending and promoting religious freedom around the globe.(OSV News photo/Tyler Orsburn, CNS archive)

USCIRF says government must not retreat from defense of international religious liberty

Kate Scanlon|Mar 26, 2025|4 Min Read

A village woman greets a Catholic Relief Services worker in Ipwizi, Tanzania, as CRS celebrates its 60th year of presence in Tanzania in March 2023. (OSV News/Carlos Barrio, Catholic Relief Services)

Catholic Relief Services: Cutting off aid threatens lives worldwide

Kate Scanlon|Mar 20, 2025|3 Min Read

Molly Gallagher, left, Nicolette Labarbera and Riley Ciccotto, fourth graders at St. Ephrem Catholic Academy in the Dyker Heights section of Brooklyn, N.Y., play with their class pets, a pair of guinea pigs, during an open house at St. Ephrem on the first day of national Catholic Schools Week Jan. 26, 2025. The Department of Education said March 11 it planned to cut about 50% of its workforce. Such cuts could also impact Catholic education, experts told OSV News. (OSV News photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

Education Department cuts could make impact on Catholic education, experts say

Kate Scanlon|Mar 12, 2025|5 Min Read

The Department of Justice seal is seen July 30, 2018, in the Great Hall at the Main Justice Building in Washington. (OSV News photo/CNS file, Tyler Orsburn)

Pro-life groups praise Justice Department's move to drop suit against Idaho abortion law

Kate Scanlon|Mar 12, 2025|4 Min Read

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