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Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for April 28, 2025. In this episode: The Vatican announced May 7 as the start date for the papal conclave. Argentina mourns the loss of Pope Francis, and former U.S. President Joe Biden reflects on the late pope in an op-ed piece for USA Today. Canadians join in mo...

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for April 26, 2025 -- the day the church and the world said farewell to Pope Francis. Over 200,000 filled St. Peter's Square for the papal funeral, with presider Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, dean of the College of Cardinals, describing the late pontiff as &q...

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for April 25, 2025. In this episode: Details on why Pope Francis chose to be buried in the Basilica of St. Mary Major, instead of at St. Peter's Basilica. African Catholics remember the late pope, whose funeral will take place tomorrow, as one who held them cl...

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for April 24, 2025. In this episode: Cardinals meet in Rome, but say they're focused on mourning Pope Francis before looking to the papal transition. The pope's April 26 funeral will be broadcast globally, with a livestream from Vatican News available at...

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for April 23, 2025. In this episode: Pope Francis' casket lies in state in St. Peter's Basilica, where thousands are paying their respects ahead of the papal funeral on April 26. Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, takes leave...

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Gina Christian catches you up on continuing coverage of the death of Pope Francis as of April 22, 2025. World leaders and faithful remember the late pope, who died yesterday at age 88, as a champion of peace and those on the margins. Cardinals in Rome met today to finalize funeral arrangements for the pope and to select three cardinals w...

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! In this special edition of the OSV Newscast, Gina Christian shares how the Catholic Church and the world are reacting to the death of Pope Francis, who passed away at the Vatican April 21, 2025, at 7:35 a.m. local time. Catholic bishops, clergy, leaders and faithful, along with heads of state, share their remembrances of the late pope, k...

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for April 17, 2025. In this episode: Catholics and Christians in both Gaza and Jerusalem celebrate the Easter Triduum amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. In Rome, hundreds of clergy gather for the Chrism Mass at St. Peter's Basilica, with Pope Francis sharing a...

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Gina Christian speaks with OSV News media reviewer John Mulderig about how Jesus has been portrayed in films old and new -- and how such movies can deepen faith. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com. Read John Mulderig's article on "Bible-based Films for Holy Week and Eastertide": https://www.osvnews.com/bible-based-...

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for April 16, 2025. In this episode: Pope Francis points to Jesus' parable of the prodigal son as evidence that "wherever we are lost and however we are lost, God always comes looking for us!" A hidden chapter of Christ's Passion has come to lig...

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for April 15, 2025. In this episode: Pope Francis continues to recover after his lengthy hospitalization, but the Vatican has not yet specified his schedule for Holy Week. Catholic and civil leaders condemn a recent arson attack on the Pennsylvania governor's...

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for April 14, 2025. In this episode: Catholic and other religious leaders, along with heads of state, condemn Russia's Palm Sunday missile strike on Sumy, Ukraine, which killed 34 and wounded 119. Nicaraguan Catholics begin Holy Week amid continued repression...

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for April 11, 2025. In this episode: The nation's Catholic bishops have told congressional lawmakers they support bipartisan legislation that would ease some immigration restrictions on foreign religious workers, allowing them to stay in the U.S. while they aw...

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for April 10, 2025. In this episode:  A second Trump administration could present both challenges and opportunities for issues related to Catholic social teaching, according to bishops and policymakers who gathered at the Napa Institute Citizens of Faith Conference...

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for April 9, 2025. In this episode: Brian Burch of CatholicVote, President Donald Trump's nominee for ambassador to the Holy See, defended the administration's foreign aid cuts during a Senate hearing yesterday. Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, the Holy See&ap...

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for April 8, 2025. In this episode: Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Archbishop Joseph Naumann of Kansas City, Kansas, and named Bishop W. Shawn McKnight of Jefferson City, Missouri, as his successor. Archbishop Bashar Warda of Irbil, Iraq, "catego...

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for April 7, 2025. In this episode: The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said it would not renew its cooperative agreements with the federal government related to children's services and refugee support, following Trump administration crackdowns on immigrat...

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for April 4, 2025. In this episode: Disgraced former cardinal Theodore McCarrick, subject of long-running allegations of sexual abuse against minors and adults, has died at age 94. Hundreds gather to mourn the shooting death of a Kansas priest, a loss for which &qu...

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for April 3, 2025. In this episode: The Supreme Court hears oral argument in a case that could determine if Planned Parenthood, the nation's largest abortion provider, can use public funds in states that have restricted abortion. The Catholic Church has since...

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for April 2, 2025. In this episode: On the 20th anniversary of St. John Paul II's death, Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin prays to the late pope to "bless this lacerated and disoriented humanity, that it may find the way back to its dign...

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for April 1, 2025. In this episode: Pope Francis prays for victims of a 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar, compounding that nation's humanitarian crisis and civil war. A number of youth tell OSV News they're excited about the upcoming canonization of Bl...

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for March 31, 2025. In this episode: An Arizona family says their toddler was miraculously saved from death through prayers to Blessed Michael McGivney and other intercessors. The Supreme Court heard oral argument in a case brought by Catholic Charities of the Dioc...

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for March 28, 2025. In this episode: Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, chair of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Migration, shares his thoughts on what's at stake in the nation's response to migrants. Amid the 2025 Jubilee Year, C...

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for March 27, 2025. In this episode: A bipartisan U.S. government commission urges the nation to uphold its role as a promoter of religious freedom worldwide. Catholic and other Christian communities in Turkey express concern as protests over the arrest of a politi...

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for March 26, 2025. In this episode: A year after the deadly Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore, the Catholic community continues to rally around all those affected. The Supreme Court upholds a Biden administration regulation on ghost guns. The principal of a Catholi...