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

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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

A file photo shows boxes of mifepristone, the first pill given in a medication abortion, prepared for patients at Women's Reproductive Clinic of New Mexico in Santa Teresa. Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., chair of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, said in a report published Aug. 27, 2026, that while the FDA should reinstate the in-person dispensing requirement for mifepristone, its sponsors may not be "currently meeting their legal responsibilities to ensure compliance" with remaining requirements. (OSV News photo/Evelyn Hockstein, Reuters)

Cassidy report: Abortion pill makers may not be meeting legal requirements

Kate Scanlon|Aug 28, 2026|4 Min Read

A file photo shows a teenage girl from El Salvador being embraced by a family friend before leaving Vive La Case refugee center with her family in Buffalo, N.Y., to file a claim with customs officials at the U.S.-Canadian border to remain in the United States. Hundreds of faith leaders and organizations urged the Trump administration to extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for El Salvador before it expires in September 2026. (OSV News photo/Chris Helgren, Reuters)

Over 270 faith groups, bishops urge renewal of El Salvador protected status

Kate Scanlon|Aug 25, 2026|3 Min Read

A file photo shows students at Cardinal Gibbons High School in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., receiving Communion during a Mass and rally for the opening of the school year. Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier sent a letter July 31, 2026, to the Catholic bishops of Florida demanding that Catholic schools in the Sunshine State adopt religious exemptions to vaccine requirements or risk their ability to participate in the state's school voucher program. (OSV News photo/Tom Tracy)

Florida AG threatens Catholic schools' voucher funding over vaccine rule

Kate Scanlon|Aug 3, 2026|4 Min Read

A file photo shows an asylum-seeking migrant family from Haiti cross the Rio Bravo to turn themselves in to U.S Border Patrol agents to request asylum in El Paso, Texas, as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, April 22, 2022. (OSV News photo/Jose Luis Gonzalez, Reuters)

Catholic groups warn new asylum rule puts applicants at deportation risk

Kate Scanlon|Jul 31, 2026|5 Min Read

James Duckett, who was convicted of raping and drowning an 11-year-old girl in 1987 while working as a police officer in a small central Florida city, and Dominick Anthony Occhicone, Jr., convicted for a 1986 double murder, were executed July 28, 2026, at the Florida State Prison in Starke. Florida last carried out a double execution on May 12, 1964. (OSV News photo/Florida Department of Corrections)

Catholic bishops urge reflection as Florida carries out double execution

Kate Scanlon|Jul 29, 2026|4 Min Read

Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche testifes before a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on his nomination to be attorney general on Capitol Hill in Washington July 15, 2026. Blanche issued updated guidance July 23 on federal protections for religious liberty. (OSV News photo/Jonathan Ernst, Reuters)

DOJ issues updated religious liberty guidance, citing key Supreme Court rulings

Kate Scanlon|Jul 23, 2026|3 Min Read

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