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Catholic leaders urge Congress to protect disability rights after DOJ guidance

Six Catholic organizations called the Justice Department’s narrower reading of the Olmstead ruling “deeply troubling” in an Oct. 14 letter.

Kate Scanlon|Oct 21, 2026|4 Min Read

Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, gestures during a news briefing during a June 10, 2026, session of the annual spring meeting of the USCCB in Orlando, Fla. After Pentagon officials said they planned to livestream the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan by firing squad in December, the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops denounced the plan as "barbaric” in an Oct. 9 statement. (OSV News photo/Bob Roller)

Archbishop Coakley calls planned livestream of firing squad execution ‘barbaric’

Kate Scanlon|Oct 9, 2026|4 Min Read

A Canadian flag waves near the Parliament Hill building in Ottawa. (Hank Mika/Shutterstock via EWTN)

World

Canada drops plan to allow euthanasia for mental illness

Daniel Payne|Oct 7, 2026|2 Min Read

A woman holds the hand of her mother who is dying from cancer during her final hours at a palliative care hospital in Winnipeg, Canada, July 24, 2010. (OSV News photo/Shaun Best, Reuters)

Canadian bishops denounce 'world's largest euthanasia program' on 10th anniversary

OSV News|Jun 16, 2026|4 Min Read

The Illinois Capitol in Springfield is pictured in this June 3, 2025, file photo. The Diocese of Springfield and a pregnancy center turned to a federal appeals court June 2, 2026, to challenge an Illinois nondiscrimination law that they said would force them to hire workers who do not share their pro-life mission. They filed an appeal with the 7th Circuit after a U.S. District Court judge dismissed the case as hypothetical March 31 and said they have no legal standing. (OSV News photo/Megan Marley)

Illinois Catholic diocese, pregnancy center appeal to federal court over nondiscrimination law they say threatens faith-based hiring

Simone Orendain|Jun 15, 2026|3 Min Read

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Advocates: Assisted suicide laws in New York and Illinois threaten individuals with disabilities

Daniel Payne|Jun 11, 2026|3 Min Read

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Bioethicist: Scientists unethically experiment on the unborn to improve gene editing techniques

Kate Quiñones|Jun 8, 2026|4 Min Read

A file photo shows a woman working while she was 8 months pregnant at a store in Jerome, Idaho. Fifty Republican members of Congress have filed an amicus brief in the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals supporting the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in their lawsuit against the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) over abortion-related regulations imposed on the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. (OSV News photo/Shannon Stapleton, Reuters)

Lawmakers back US bishops' bid to block abortion from pregnant worker protection rules

Kate Scanlon|May 28, 2026|2 Min Read

A file photo shows Boxes of mifepristone, the first pill given in a medication abortion, prepared for patients at Women's Reproductive Clinic of New Mexico in Santa Teresa. (OSV News photo/Evelyn Hockstein, Reuters)

Supreme Court leaves in place mail-order distribution of mifepristone during legal challenge

Kate Scanlon|May 14, 2026|3 Min Read

A CompassCare pregnancy center in Rochester, N.Y., is pictured Jan. 3, 2025. CompassCare is a network of faith-based pregnancy centers offering limited medical services across New York state. Sens. Todd Young, R-Ind., and James Lankford, R-Okla., introduced May 14, 2026, the Protecting Charitable Giving Act, aimed at strengthening privacy protections for donors to nonprofit organizations. (OSV News photo/Annemarie Nordquist)

New Senate bill aims to protect privacy for charitable donors following pregnancy center case

Kate Scanlon|May 14, 2026|3 Min Read

Elaine, a former Coast Guard officer in Northern California, who asked that OSV News only identify her by her first name, is pictured with her two sons, both of whom were unplanned pregnancies during her military service. (OSV News photo/courtesy of Elaine)

'Congratulations!' What moms want to hear in facing challenging or unexpected pregnancies

Molly C. Sheahan|May 8, 2026|5 Min Read

Boxes of mifepristone under the label Mifeprex are seen April 9, 2024, at Alamo Women's Clinic in Carbondale, Ill. An appeals court on May 1, 2026, temporarily blocked a federal policy permitting mifepristone, sometimes called the abortion pill, to be dispensed through the mail. (OSV News photo/Evelyn Hockstein, via Reuters)

Supreme Court hits brakes on court ruling that blocked abortion pill distribution by mail

Kate Scanlon|May 4, 2026|2 Min Read

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U.S. bishops urge Congress to reject IVF mandate, citing harm to embryos and conscience rights

Tyler Arnold|Apr 30, 2026|4 Min Read

A U.S. flag flutters outside the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington March 14, 2026. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled April 29 that a group of faith-based pregnancy centers in New Jersey can challenge in federal court an investigation by that state's attorney general alleging they misled people about their services and seeking information about their donors. (OSV News photo/Will Dunham, Reuters)

Supreme Court rules New Jersey pregnancy centers can challenge state probe in federal court

Kate Scanlon|Apr 29, 2026|3 Min Read

Pope Leo XIV greets a family as he celebrates the final Mass of his apostolic journey to Africa at Malabo Stadium in Equatorial Guinea April 23, 2026. (OSV News photo/Matteo Pernaselci, Vatican Media)

Pope Leo's October meeting on marriage, family gains urgency amid declining birth rates in West

OSV News|Apr 27, 2026|7 Min Read

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