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

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A woman holds a pill used for abortion in this photo illustration. A group of U.S. senators who oppose abortion sent investigatory letters to three abortion drug manufacturers seeking information about their products, as well as a similar letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, their committee's Republican majority said March 25, 2026. (OSV News photo photo/Eric Gaillard, Reuters)

Senators seek information from FDA and abortion drug manufacturers on mifepristone

Kate Scanlon|Mar 26, 2026|5 Min Read

Bishop Robert E. Barron of Winona-Rochester, Minn., and Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan, retired archbishop of New York, are seen in this composite photo. The two prelates are defending the work of the Religious Liberty Commission, against former commissioner and lay Catholic Carrie Prejean Boller, who was removed from the commission Feb. 11, 2026, for reasons Bishop Barron said had to do with her behavior on the commission and not the Catholic Church's actual teaching on Israel and the Jewish people. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)

Cardinal Dolan, Bishop Barron push back on claims of anti-Catholic bias from former commissioner

Kate Scanlon|Mar 25, 2026|3 Min Read

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks during the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in Washington March 19, 2026. (OSV News photo/Leslie E. Kossoff)

House speaker defends role of religion in public life at National Catholic Prayer Breakfast

Kate Scanlon|Mar 19, 2026|5 Min Read

Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, Texas, speaks during a Nov. 11, 2025, session of the fall general assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Baltimore. (OSV News photo/Bob Roller)

In new pastoral message, El Paso bishop calls for end to mass deportations

Kate Scanlon|Mar 15, 2026|4 Min Read

Pope are seen in a file photo walking outside Health and Human Services outside the Mary E. Switzer Memorial Building. On March 6, 2026, HHS proposed scrapping a Biden administration policy requiring foster homes to affirm a child's gender transition or sexual orientation. (OSV News photo/Kevin Lamarque, Reuters)

HHS proposes scrapping policy requiring foster homes to affirm children's LGBTQ+ identity

Kate Scanlon|Mar 9, 2026|3 Min Read

The U.S. flag, a judge gavel and a vintage scale are seen in this illustration from Aug. 6, 2024. (OSV News photo/Dado Ruvic, Reuters)

Indiana court blocks state abortion restrictions in lawsuit claiming religious objections

Kate Scanlon|Mar 7, 2026|3 Min Read

A demonstrator holds a placard during a protest outside the Supreme Court May 15, 2025, as the justices heard oral arguments in Trump v. CASA related to lower courts placing an injunction on Trump's executive order of Jan. 20, 2025, to end birthright citizenship. In a 6-3 ruling, the Supreme Court June 27 limited the scope of federal courts to block presidential policies nationwide. On April 1, 2026, the court will hear oral arguments in Trump v. Barbara, a challenge to the order ending birthright citizenship. (OSV News photo/Leah Millis, Reuters)

US bishops among supporters of lawsuit against Trump birthright citizenship executive order

Kate Scanlon|Feb 27, 2026|4 Min Read

A U.S. Army soldier is seen through a section of the border wall between the United States and Mexico, as the U.S. State Department says the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump is suspending processing for immigrant visas for applicants from 75 countries, as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Jan. 14, 2026. (OSV News photo/Jose Luis Gonzalez, Reuters)

Catholic legal network's coalition challenges key claim blocking immigration from 75 countries

Kate Scanlon|Feb 26, 2026|4 Min Read

Used Mifepristone packages, the first pill in a medical abortion, lie in the trash at Alamo Women's Clinic in Carbondale, Ill., April 9, 2024. The Western District of Louisiana heard oral argument on Louisiana v. FDA case over Biden-era relaxed rules governing mifepristone Feb. 24, 2026, a pill commonly but not exclusively used for abortion. The government has asked for a pause to allow the FDA to complete its safety review first. (OSV News photo/Evelyn Hockstein, Reuters)

Louisiana asks court to reinstate in-person dispensing rule for abortion pill

Kate Scanlon|Feb 24, 2026|4 Min Read

Archbishop John C. Wester of Santa Fe, N.M., (right) takes part in a demonstration in El Paso, Texas, against mass deportation alongside Bishop Peter Baldacchino of Las Cruces, N.M.; Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller of San Antonio and Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso. Archbishop Wester, Archbishop García-Siller and Bishop Seitz along with 17 other bishops issued a statement Feb. 24, 2026, hours before President Donald Trump's first State of the Union address of his second term, urging several reforms to immigration enforcement. (OSV News photo/Bob Roller)

Group of 'border state' bishops urge immigration reforms before State of the Union

Kate Scanlon|Feb 24, 2026|4 Min Read

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill speaks during a news conference on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's abortion drug policies on Capitol Hill in Washington Jan. 14, 2026. In a Feb. 19, 2026, statement, Murrill said, "I’d like to thank my fellow attorneys general and Republican members of Congress for supporting our lawsuit against the FDA." (OSV News photo/Nathan Howard, Reuters)

Lawmakers, attorneys general back abortion pill challenge DOJ wants to pause

Kate Scanlon|Feb 19, 2026|4 Min Read

A coach kneels in prayer Oct. 13, 2018, during a high school game at Hurley Field in Berkeley, Mich. The U.S. bishops have issued a new report on religious liberty issues in the U.S. and how the Catholic Church has been affected. (OSV News photo/Tim Fuller, courtesy Archdiocese of Detroit)

US Church faces these areas of 'critical concern' on religious liberty, says bishops' report

Kate Scanlon|Feb 18, 2026|4 Min Read

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