3+ hour, 28+ min ago  (1108+ words) OXFORD, England " When " and if " Andy Burnham becomes prime minister of the United Kingdom later in July, he'll be the first ever to identify publicly as a Catholic. Yet while some Church members hope this could herald a more principled…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago  (374+ words) WASHINGTON " Ezra Jin Mingri, founder and pastor of an underground church in China and a prisoner of conscience in that country, was released from imprisonment and reunited with his family in the U. S. shortly before Independence Day, U. S. officials said. In 2018, Jin,…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago  (563+ words) Note: this column is adapted from the sixth chapter of the author's book, "Citizens Yet Strangers: Living Authentically Catholic in a Divided America" (OSV Books 2024). "We hold these truths to be self-evident," declared the Continental Congress in 1776, "that all men…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (311+ words) A proposed amendment to the Delaware state constitution that would codify a right to abortion did not receive a vote in the state House of Representatives on June 30, the final day of the legislative calendar. This marked the end of…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (514+ words) WASHINGTON " The U. S. Supreme Court on June 30 upheld West Virginia and Idaho state laws requiring student athletes to compete on sports teams that correspond to their biological sex rather than their self-identified gender. The ruling comes after the high court in…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (882+ words) WASHINGTON " The U. S. Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump's executive order limiting birthright citizenship on June 30, finding the order violated the 14th Amendment. A cornerstone of his efforts to restrict immigration, the ruling comes as a loss for Trump, who even…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (366+ words) WASHINGTON" The Department of Justice's Religious Liberty Commission on June 26 will present a draft of its report to President Donald Trump, he said during comments at the Faith & Freedom Coalition's 2026 Road to Majority Conference. The draft report, shared the same…...

2+ week, 58+ min ago  (579+ words) WASHINGTON " The U. S. Supreme Court on June 25 ruled that the Trump administration can reimplement a policy of turning away asylum-seekers along the U. S. -Mexico border before they enter the country, known as "metering." The central question in the case was whether noncitizen…...

2+ week, 34+ min ago  (541+ words) WASHINGTON " President Donald Trump on June 24 canceled his plans to sign bipartisan legislation aimed at addressing the rising cost of housing, demanding that Congress pass a voter ID bill that lacks a clear path to passage in the Senate. Several…...

2+ week, 1+ hour ago  (430+ words) WASHINGTON " The U. S. Supreme Court on June 25 found the Trump administration can end a program temporarily shielding eligible Haitian and Syrian immigrants living in the U. S. from deportation. The Trump administration previously asked the high court to pause rulings by federal judges…...