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

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Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, is seen Sept. 28, 2019, addressing the 74th session of the General Assembly of the United Nations at U.N. headquarters in New York. The cardinal told reporters at a bilateral meeting in Rome with the Italian government Feb. 17, 2026, that the Holy See "will not participate" in President Donald Trump's "Board of Peace" for Gaza. (OSV News photo/Brendan McDermid, Reuters)

Holy See will not join president's 'Board of Peace' for Gaza, Cardinal Parolin says

Kate Scanlon|Feb 18, 2026|3 Min Read

Then-Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump embraces former Miss California USA Carrie Prejean Boller, a Catholic, after a rally with supporters in San Diego May 27, 2016. Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said Feb.11, 2026, that he removed Prejean Boller from Trump's Religious Liberty Commission following a tense exchange during a hearing on antisemitism in America, accusing her of derailing the proceedings with remarks he characterized as anti-Israel and inappropriate for the forum. (OSV News photo/Jonathan Ernst, Reuters)

Carrie Prejean Boller removed from Religious Liberty Commission after antisemitism row

Kate Scanlon|Feb 11, 2026|6 Min Read

Sam Brownback, former U.S. ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom, speaks Feb. 2, 2026, during the sixth annual International Religious Freedom Summit in Washington. Two days later Brownback addressed a House subcommittee hearing on the increasing threat authoritarian regimes pose to the cause of international religious freedom. (OSV News photo/Matt Rybczynski, courtesy IRF Summit)

House hearing examines rising global religious freedom threats, policy challenges

Kate Scanlon|Feb 4, 2026|4 Min Read

Attendees gather Feb. 2, 2026, during the sixth annual International Religious Freedom Summit in Washington. The Feb. 2-3 summit featured a diverse coalition of faith communities, human rights organizations, policymakers, academics, experts and other influential individuals from around the globe. (OSV News photo/Matt Rybczynski, courtesy IRF Summit)

World

Threats to religious freedom present risks to global security, experts warn

Kate Scanlon|Feb 3, 2026|5 Min Read

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks during a news conference at One World Trade Center in New York City Jan. 8, 2026, to discuss ongoing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations, as part of President Donald Trump's immigration policy. A federal appeals court ruled Jan. 28 that the Trump administration acted illegally when it ended legal protections for hundreds of thousands of people from Venezuela to remain in the United States without risk of deportation due to dangerous conditions in their homeland. (OSV News/David 'Dee' Delgado, Reuters)

Bishops urge protection for Haitians as court rules Trump administration acted illegally

Kate Scanlon|Jan 30, 2026|3 Min Read

Demonstrators hold banners during a protest outside the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in Washington Jan. 22, 2026, to call on President Donald Trump's administration to ban the abortion pill. (OSV News/Aaron Schwartz, Reuters)

Pro-life groups question why Trump administration is blocking abortion pill lawsuit

Kate Scanlon|Jan 29, 2026|7 Min Read

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and federal officers detain a migrant as he walks out from a hearing during targeted detainment at a U.S. immigration court in the Manhattan borough of New York City Oct. 27, 2025. (OSV News photo/David 'Dee' Delgado, Reuters)

New partnership aims to support Church's ministry to migrants, refugees

Kate Scanlon|Jan 22, 2026|3 Min Read

Mifepristone, the first medication in a medical abortion, is prepared for a patient at Alamo Women's Clinic in Carbondale, Illinois, April 20, 2023. Citing the "new data" of the Ethics and Public Policy Center study on May 14, 2025, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy ordered a review of mifepristone. (OSV News photo/Evelyn Hockstein, Reuters)

Senate hearing examines abortion pill after FDA approval of new generic version

Kate Scanlon|Jan 14, 2026|4 Min Read

Parishioners and members of other area parishes participate in a "Keep Our Priests" rosary rally at St. Mary Church in East Islip, N.Y., April 29, 2024. More than 300 people gathered to pray for changes in U.S. immigration procedures to prioritize visa and green card applications for foreign-born religious workers. On Jan. 14, 2026, the Department of Homeland Security announced it issued an interim final rule reducing wait times for religious worker visas. (OSV News photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

US bishops praise DHS policy change on wait times for religious worker visas

Kate Scanlon|Jan 14, 2026|6 Min Read

A Planned Parenthood facility in Washington is seen in this file photo. The American Civil Liberties Union on Jan. 12, 2026, dropped its lawsuit against the Trump administration over tens of millions in withheld Title X family planning funds after the Department of Health and Human Services quietly released the money to Planned Parenthood and other clinics that provide abortions in December. (OSV News photo/Tyler Orsburn)

Planned Parenthood sees Title X funding restored after freeze

Kate Scanlon|Jan 14, 2026|4 Min Read

Supporters of female sports participation based on biological sex hold placards outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington Jan. 13, 2026, on the day justices are expected to hear oral arguments in two cases concerning efforts to enforce state laws banning transgender athletes from female sports teams at public schools. (OSV News photo/Tyrone Siu, Reuters)

Supreme Court hears cases on Idaho, West Virginia transgender sports bans

Kate Scanlon|Jan 13, 2026|5 Min Read

Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, and U.S. President Donald Trump, are pictured in a combination photo. Archbishop Coakley is scheduled to meet at with Trump at the White in Washington Jan. 12, 2026. (OSV News photo/Bob Roller/Craig Hudson, Reuters)

President Trump meets with USCCB President Archbishop Coakley

Kate Scanlon|Jan 12, 2026|3 Min Read

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