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Kurt Jensen reports for OSV News from Washington.

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Paul Vaughn, one of four pro-life activists who went on trial for participating in a 2021 blockade of a Mount Juliet, Tenn., abortion clinic, is pictured praying outside the Fred D. Thompson U.S. Courthouse and Federal Building in Nashville, following a guilty verdict Jan 30, 2024. (OSV News photo/courtesy Thomas Moore Society)

Pro-life activist convicted under FACE Act receives DOJ settlement

Kurt Jensen|Jul 30, 2026|3 Min Read

Jesuit Father Greg Boyle, founder of Homeboy Industries in Los Angeles, poses for a photo with trainees in this undated photo. The acclaimed gang-intervention program in Los Angeles has a $100 million fundraising campaign for its expansion started with an initial $10 million from Frank McCourt Jr., a billionaire Georgetown University alumnus and founder of Georgetown's McCourt School of Public Policy. The capital drive was promoted at a June 12, 2026, summit held at the McCourt School. (OSV News photo/courtesy Homeboy Industries)

Georgetown, Homeboy Industries partner on $100M drive for Father Boyle's LA ministry

Kurt Jensen|Jun 16, 2026|4 Min Read

Members of the honor guard process in during the annual Pilgrimage and Memorial Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington May 17, 2026. The Mass honors the men and women who have served in the United States Armed Forces, particularly those who paid the ultimate price for American liberty. Memorial Day is observed May 25 this year. (OSV News photo/Mihoko Owada, Catholic Standard)

Archbishop Broglio highlights faith, service at annual memorial Mass for Catholic war dead

Kurt Jensen|May 18, 2026|4 Min Read

The Department of Justice seal is seen in the Great Hall at the Main Justice Building in Washington in this file photo. (OSV News photo/Tyler Orsburn, CNS)

DOJ report accuses Biden administration of 'weaponizing' prosecutions of pro-life activists

Kurt Jensen|Apr 14, 2026|7 Min Read

This is a scene from Paulist Pictures documentary "Baseball: Beyond Belief." The documentary begins a limited theatrical run on March 27, 2026. (OSV News photo/Paulist Pictures)

Baseball: Beyond Belief

Kurt Jensen|Mar 24, 2026|4 Min Read

People attend a panel discussion on the status of faith and hope in Ukraine amid the nation's ongoing war with Russia during a presentation at Communion and Liberation's annual New York Encounter in New York City Feb. 14, 2026. (OSV News photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

General belief is up, but no religious revival? Panels explore the contrast at NY Encounter

Kurt Jensen|Feb 16, 2026|4 Min Read

Bishop Daniel E. Garcia, Central Texas born and raised, displays the papal bull during his installation Mass as the new head of the Diocese of Austin, Texas, at St. William Catholic Church in Round Rock Sept. 18, 2025. (OSV News photo/Aaron Smith, courtesy Diocese of Austin)

World is 'hungry for justice, mercy,' Austin's new bishop says in installation homily

Kurt Jensen|Sep 19, 2025|5 Min Read

Pictured in an undated photo are Red Rose Rescuers left to right: Monica M. Miller, Eric Holmberg, Will Goodman, ChristyAnne Collins and Patrice Woodworth-Crandall. Not pictured is Joan Bell, who had not yet bonded out of jail. On Jan. 23, 2025, Bell, 77, of Montague City, N.J., and Goodman, 55, originally from Madison, Wis., but homeless since 2017, had been pardoned by President Donald Trump for violating the Free Access to Clinic Entrances, or FACE, Act, for their participation in clinic blockades known as "rescues." (OSV News photo/Red Rose Rescuers)

6 pro-life activists face state charges for abortion clinic 'rescue' in Pennsylvania

Kurt Jensen|Aug 19, 2025|5 Min Read

The U.S. Supreme Court building is pictured in Washington June 14, 2024. On June 16, 2025, the nation's highest court ordered New York courts to reconsider Diocese of Albany v. Harris, a case challenging New York's abortion-coverage mandate, in light of Becket’s unanimous victory in Catholic Charities Bureau v. Wisconsin Labor & Industry Review Commission. (OSV News photo/Elizabeth Frantz, Reuters)

High court sends Catholic groups' challenge to NY abortion-coverage mandate back to state courts

Kurt Jensen|Jun 17, 2025|3 Min Read

Sister Francis Dominici Piscatella, a member of the Sisters of St. Dominic of Amityville, N.Y., poses for a photo at the Dominicans' motherhouse April 21, 2025. Sister Piscatella, who celebrated her 112th birthday on Easter Sunday, April 20, 2025, is the oldest religious sister in the U.S. and the second oldest in the world. (OSV News photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

Oldest religious sister in US turns 112; 'Her presence, her joy' is real, says prioress

Kurt Jensen|Apr 23, 2025|4 Min Read

A undated photo shows a sign outside 1st Way Pregnancy Support Services in Johnsburg, Ill. The center, a plaintiff in a federal lawsuit concerning what pregnancy resource centers can tell clients, is one of 100 pregnancy resource centers in Illinois. (OSV News photo/1st Way Pregnancy Support Services)

Judge issues split decision on Illinois law opposed by pro-life pregnancy centers

Kurt Jensen|Apr 10, 2025|3 Min Read

U.S. Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., speaks during the 52nd annual March for Life rally in Washington Jan. 24, 2025. Smith and other pro-life congressmen and leaders held a press conference March 24 to unveil legislation to protect pregnancy care centers across the U.S., which serve women throughout pregnancy and help families access life-affirming resources. (OSV News photo/Bob Roller)

US lawmakers push anti-discrimination bill to protect pregnancy resource centers

Kurt Jensen|Mar 25, 2025|3 Min Read

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