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

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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

A sister serves a resident Aug. 19, 2026, at St. Patrick’s Residence in Naperville, Ill. Cardinal Blase J. Cupich of Chicago, the Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm and the Chicago Province of the Little Sisters of the Poor, and an Illinois pharmacist sued Illinois Sept. 3 over the state's physician-assisted suicide law, which permits physicians to aid terminally ill adults in dying by suicide. (OSV News photo/courtesy Becket)

Following complaint from Catholics, federal judge blocks Illinois euthanasia law

Kate Scanlon|Sep 12, 2026|3 Min Read

A Carmelite Sister comforts a resident Aug. 21, 2026, at St. Patrick’s Residence in Naperville, Ill. Cardinal Blase J. Cupich of Chicago, the Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm and the Chicago Province of the Little Sisters of the Poor, and an Illinois pharmacist sued Illinois Sept. 3 over the state's physician-assisted suicide law, which permits physicians to aid terminally ill adults in dying by suicide. (OSV News photo/courtesy Becket)

Cardinal Cupich, sisters sue Illinois over assisted suicide law

Kate Scanlon|Sep 3, 2026|3 Min Read

A sign directs voters to a ballot drop box at Maricopa County Ballot Tabulation Center in Phoenix July 21, 2026, during Arizona's primary election. Voters in multiple states will consider ballot measures on topics ranging from abortion and gender policy to housing and tax policy in November. (OSV News photo/Rebecca Noble, Reuters)

Housing, gender, abortion policies among state ballot measures in November

Kate Scanlon|Sep 2, 2026|4 Min Read

Boxes of mifepristone under the label Mifeprex are seen April 9, 2024, at Alamo Women's Clinic in Carbondale, Ill. On Aug. 30, 2026, U.S. Chief District Judge Reed O'Connor paused a lawsuit by Texas and Florida seeking to revoke the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of mifepristone, likely until after November's midterm elections. (OSV News photo/Evelyn Hockstein, via Reuters)

Federal judge delays states' bid to revoke abortion pill approval until after midterms

Kate Scanlon|Sep 1, 2026|3 Min Read

Then-acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche attends a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington Aug. 5, 2026. The FBI "took minimal corrective action" after a controversial leaked memo discussed "radical traditionalist" Catholics, the Department of Justice said Aug. 28. (OSV News photo/Jonathan Ernst, Reuters)

DOJ: FBI took 'minimal corrective action' on Richmond Catholic Memo

Kate Scanlon|Aug 28, 2026|3 Min Read

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