Kate Scanlon is a national reporter for OSV News covering Washington.
Ivan Cantu was executed Feb. 28 by the state of Texas despite claims that the Texan's 2001 conviction for killing James Mosqueda and Amy Kitchen, his cousin and his cousin's fiancee, was based on false testimony.
In a statement issued through the progressive
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Feb. 26 in cases challenging the constitutionality of laws in Florida and Texas that seek to limit the ability of social media companies to moderate content on their platforms.
During almost four hours of argument, the justices
Legislation that would require clergy to report child abuse or neglect in Washington state failed for the second year in a row in that state's Legislature. Some have expressed concern that without exceptions for clergy-penitent privilege, the bill could place Catholic priests
The ability of Catholic and other faith-based groups to "meet migrants' basic human needs" at the U.S.-Mexico border is a religious liberty issue and must be defended, U.S. bishops said in recent statements.
In a Feb. 26 statement issued in response to a
Former President Donald Trump on Feb. 23 responded to the Alabama Supreme Court's in vitro fertilization ruling in a statement saying he supports the "availability of IVF" and calling on the state's Legislature to "act quickly to find an immediate solution" to
WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- Bishop Joseph E. Strickland, the former shepherd of the Diocese of Tyler, Texas, said Feb. 23 in remarks at the Conservative Political Action Conference's annual Ronald Reagan Dinner that "we must be strong in the sanctity of life,
President Joe Biden on Feb. 23 announced more than 500 new sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine and the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in prison.
Nikki Haley, a former U.N. ambassador and South Carolina governor, pledged to remain
Catholic leaders and local officials condemned Feb. 23 an attempt by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to shut down a Catholic nonprofit serving migrants and asylum-seekers at the Southern border, calling it an abuse of power and a violation of religious liberty.
Paxton's
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed suit in an attempt to shut down a Catholic nonprofit in El Paso serving migrants and asylum-seekers, accusing it of "human smuggling," in a move denounced by Catholic immigration advocates, including El Paso Bishop Mark
An Alabama Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos qualify as children under state law has raised complex legal questions about artificial reproductive practices opposed by the Catholic Church.
The Feb. 16 ruling responded to appeals brought by couples whose embryos were destroyed in