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

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Pro-life demonstrators celebrate outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington June 24, 2022, as the court ruled in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization abortion case, overturning the landmark Roe v. Wade decision. On the fourth anniversary of the Dobbs decision June 24, 2026, the U.S. bishops' pro-life chair and pro-life leaders pointed to abortion pills as among key challenges for protecting the lives of unborn children. (OSV News photo/Evelyn Hockstein, Reuters)

On Dobbs anniversary, bishops warn abortion pills threaten to undo pro-life victory

Kate Scanlon|Jun 24, 2026|6 Min Read

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin testifies before a Senate Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington June 2, 2026. Mullin testified before Congress as the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops issued a letter June 1 to the top senators on the Committee on Appropriations urging key policy reforms aimed at protecting the dignity of migrants. (OSV News photo/Evan Vucci, Reuters)

DHS chief pushes for more immigration enforcement funds as US bishops urge key reforms

Kate Scanlon|Jun 2, 2026|3 Min Read

A file photo shows a woman working while she was 8 months pregnant at a store in Jerome, Idaho. Fifty Republican members of Congress have filed an amicus brief in the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals supporting the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in their lawsuit against the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) over abortion-related regulations imposed on the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. (OSV News photo/Shannon Stapleton, Reuters)

Lawmakers back US bishops' bid to block abortion from pregnant worker protection rules

Kate Scanlon|May 28, 2026|2 Min Read

An undated photo shows straps on an execution table. (OSV News photo/courtesy Florida Department of Corrections)

World

Global executions surge to highest recorded figure in 44 years, Amnesty International report says

Kate Scanlon|May 18, 2026|3 Min Read

Bishop Robert E. Barron of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, 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. (OSV News screenshot)

America 250 occasion to reflect on equality as a God-given right, Bishop Barron says

Kate Scanlon|May 17, 2026|5 Min Read

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents check the identity document of an agricultural worker at a grocery store parking lot during an immigration raid in Mecca, Calif., Dec. 19, 2025. According to a new economic study released in early May 2026, the Trump administration's mass deportation efforts could have a significant chilling effect on the economy and the labor market, including for U.S.-born workers. (OSV News photo/Daniel Cole, Reuters)

Study: Mass deportation has 'chilling' effect on labor market for immigrant, US-citizen workers

Kate Scanlon|May 15, 2026|4 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. (OSV News photo/Evelyn Hockstein, Reuters)

Supreme Court leaves in place mail-order distribution of mifepristone during legal challenge

Kate Scanlon|May 14, 2026|3 Min Read

A CompassCare pregnancy center in Rochester, N.Y., is pictured Jan. 3, 2025. CompassCare is a network of faith-based pregnancy centers offering limited medical services across New York state. Sens. Todd Young, R-Ind., and James Lankford, R-Okla., introduced May 14, 2026, the Protecting Charitable Giving Act, aimed at strengthening privacy protections for donors to nonprofit organizations. (OSV News photo/Annemarie Nordquist)

New Senate bill aims to protect privacy for charitable donors following pregnancy center case

Kate Scanlon|May 14, 2026|3 Min Read

Voters cast their ballots at a polling station in El Dorado Hills, Calif., Nov. 4, 2025. (OSV News photo/Fred Greaves, Reuters)

New data shows Americans oppose houses of worship endorsing political candidates

Kate Scanlon|May 14, 2026|3 Min Read

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., packs diapers into a box with Baby2Baby leaders after a press conference in San Francisco May 8, 2026. California families welcoming newborns will soon receive hundreds of free diapers before leaving the hospital under a first-in-the-nation program announced by Newsom. (OSV News photo/Manuel Orbegozo, Reuters)

California announces free diaper program for newborns, a first in US

Kate Scanlon|May 8, 2026|3 Min Read

A combine harvests wheat in Kremlin, Okla., June 12, 2025. As the U.S. Senate prepares to considers a 2026 farm bill approved by the U.S. House, Catholic organizations sought to stress to lawmakers the importance of efforts to combat hunger, such as robust support for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, a major part of the nation’s social safety net. (OSV News photo/Nick Oxford, Reuters)

Catholic groups stress efforts to combat hunger as Senate prepares to consider farm bill

Kate Scanlon|May 7, 2026|5 Min Read

A combination photo shows Pope Leo XIV speaking to journalists aboard a flight on his way to Luanda, Angola, April 18, 2026, and U.S. President Donald Trump speaking to the media in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington April 18. (OSV News photo/Luca Zennaro/Nathan Howard, Reuters)

President renews attacks on Pope Leo over Iran war, accuses him of endangering Catholics

Kate Scanlon|May 5, 2026|4 Min Read

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