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

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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|5 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|5 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

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|4 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|8 Min Read

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