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

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U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine listen while President Donald Trump answers questions from the media during a news conference in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington April 6, 2026. Trump on April 7 sharply ramped up his threats against Iran, warning "a whole civilization will die tonight" unless the country's leadership strikes a deal that involves reopening the Strait of Hormuz. (OSV News photo/Evelyn Hockstein, Reuters)

US bishops' leader rebukes Trump after he threatens Iran's 'whole civilization will die tonight'

Kate Scanlon|Apr 7, 2026|5 Min Read

People react at the site of a residential building in Tehran, Iran, March 27, 2026, that was damaged by a strike amid the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran. (OSV News photo/Majid Asgaripour, West Asia News Agency via Reuters)

Archbishop Broglio: War in Iran likely not justified under Catholic teaching on legitimate defense

Kate Scanlon|Apr 4, 2026|3 Min Read

Demonstrators gather outside the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington April 1, 2026, on the day the court heard oral arguments on the legality of the Trump administration's effort to limit birthright citizenship. (OSV News photo/Jonathan Ernst, Reuters)

Supreme Court hears case on birthright citizenship executive order with Trump in attendance

Kate Scanlon|Apr 2, 2026|5 Min Read

A Planned Parenthood facility in Washington is seen in this file photo. The Trump administration decided on March 31, 2026, to extend Title X family planning grants to Planned Parenthood for another year, arguing the funds had been locked in by the previous Biden administration. (OSV News photo/Tyler Orsburn)

Pro-life leaders condemn White House extending Title X grants to Planned Parenthood

Kate Scanlon|Mar 31, 2026|5 Min Read

A cherry tree is pictured in full bloom outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington March 25, 2026. The U.S. Supreme Court in a March 31 ruling backed a religious counselor's challenge to Colorado's ban on "conversion therapy," but the court did not strike down the law. (OSV News photo/Kevin Lamarque, Reuters)

Supreme Court backs challenge to Colorado conversion therapy ban

Kate Scanlon|Mar 31, 2026|4 Min Read

Cover of “Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith” by Vice President JD Vance. (HarperCollins Publishers via EWTN News)

JD Vance announces book exploring his conversion to Catholicism

Kate Scanlon|Mar 31, 2026|2 Min Read

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

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