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Minnesota Sainthood Cause, Alligator Alcatraz Copycats, Pope Leo's Fast for Peace, and More 21.08.2025 6:37

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Peter Jesserer Smith of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for Aug. 18, 2025. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com. In this episode: The Diocese of Crookston will officially launch the beatification cause for Benedictine Sister Annella Zervas this fall. Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski said the Department of Hom...

Russia-Ukraine Peace Efforts, Pro-Life 'Rescuers' Arrested, Uruguay's Euthanasia Bill, and Pope Leo Birthday Plans 20.08.2025 6:29

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Peter Jesserer Smith of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for Aug. 18, 2025. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com. In this episode: President Donald Trump met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and a delegation of European leaders Aug. 18 following his summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Si...

Jimmy Lai Trial, Trump-Putin Summit, Pope Leo XIV and Amazon Bishops, and More 18.08.2025 7:32

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 Aug. 18, 2025. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com. In this episode: In Hong Kong, the landmark trial of pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai, a Catholic, resumed Aug. 18 after a week's delay . The Alaska summit between President Donald Trump and Ru...

A Colorado Teen Saint? Plus Religious Worker Visas, Pope Leo Youth Message, and More 15.08.2025 9:12

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 Aug. 15, 2025. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com . In this episode: In Colorado, a teen who died trying to stop a school shooting may be the subject of a sainthood cause . Some immigrant religious workers are facing legal limbo, and Catholic advocates...

Little Sisters of the Poor in Court, NY Bishop Doubles as Parish Pastor, Nicaraguan Government Seizes Catholic School, and More 14.08.2025 8:07

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 Aug. 14, 2025. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com .

Sisters of Life Vows, Church Attacks in US, St. Maximilian Kolbe Film, Same-Sex Blessings, and More 13.08.2025 8:32

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 Aug. 13, 2025. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com.

Trump Federalizes DC Police, LA Catholics Amid ICE Raids, Canadian Court OKs Priest's Abuse Suit, and More 12.08.2025 8:51

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 Aug. 12, 2025. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com . In this episode: President Donald Trump said Aug. 11 he will place the District of Columbia's Metropolitan Police Department "under direct federal control," activate the National Guard,...

Pope Leo's Peace Plea, California's New Anti-Trafficking Law, El Salvador Archbishop Speaks Out, and More 11.08.2025 7:52

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 Aug. 11, 2025. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com. In this episode: As U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin prepared to meet in Alaska Aug. 15, Pope Leo XIV prayed world leaders would recognize the impact their actions have o...

US Birthrate Hits New Low, Canada's Bishops on Debt Forgiveness, Nagasaki Sainthood Cause, and More 08.08.2025 8:34

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 Aug. 8, 2025. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com. A sharp drop in the U.S. fertility rate has Catholic experts urging a fresh look at marriage. For the first time in its 175-year history, the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis brought together rep...

Bishops on Nuclear Disarmament, Reverse Migration, Sydney Synod, and More 07.08.2025 8:56

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 Aug. 7, 2025. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com .

Peace Pilgrimage, Trump and IVF, Kidnapped Irish Missionary, Pope Leo Message to Knights of Columbus, and More 06.08.2025 9:09

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 Aug. 6, 2025. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com .

Irish Missionary Kidnapped, Atomic Bombing Remembrances, India Nuns on Bail, Pope Leo Visits Sick Youth 06.08.2025 8:56

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 Aug. 5, 2025. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com . A longtime Irish missionary in Haiti has been kidnapped in what may be a targeted attack amid that nation's long-running armed gang violence and instability. Peace and nuclear disarmament begin in...

Alligator Alcatraz Mass, VA and Abortion, Pope Leo XIV at Youth Jubilee, and More 05.08.2025 9:57

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 Aug. 4, 2025. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com . In this episode: The Archdiocese of Miami celebrated the first Mass for detainees at "Alligator Alcatraz," the Trump administration's controversial immigrant detention center in the Flori...

AI and Child Abuse, Gaza and Two-State Solution, British Catholics on Newman, and More 01.08.2025 8:34

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 Aug. 1, 2025. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com .

Human Trafficking in Brazil, Newman a Doctor of the Church, Carlo Acutis' Heart Relic in Rome 31.07.2025 8:31

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 July 31, 2025. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com .

Catholic Relief Services in Gaza, Catholic Experts on UNESCO Exit, Jubilee of Youth, and More 30.07.2025 9:14

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 July 30, 2025. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com .

Cardinal Dolan on NYC Mass Shooting, Gaza Pastor Speaks Out, UK Youth Faith Revival, and More 29.07.2025 8:07

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 July 29, 2025. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com.

Congo Church Massacre, Japan Peace Pilgrimage, Climbing St. Patrick's Mountain, and More 28.07.2025 7:39

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 July 28, 2025. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com .

Birthright Citizenship Order 'Invalid,' Carlo Acutis Mosaic, Singapore's Scooter-Riding Catechist, and More 25.07.2025 7:24

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Peter Jesserer Smith, national news editor of OSV News, filling in for Gina Christian, catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for July 25, 2025. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com . In this episode: A federal appeals court has dealt another blow to President Donald Trump's executive order to end the practice of birth...

Alligator Alcatraz Pastoral Care Blocked, Gaza Parish Attack Investigated, Ireland Abortions Soar, and More 24.07.2025 7:13

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Peter Jesserer Smith, national news editor of OSV News, filling in for Gina Christian, catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for July 24, 2025. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com . In this episode: Florida's senior bishop is pressing local, state and federal authorities for permission to bring Catholic pastoral care...

US Exits UNESCO, New York Vocation Interest Boom, Rome's Youth Jubilee, Iran's Catholics, and More 23.07.2025 6:46

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Peter Jesserer Smith, national news editor of OSV News, filling in for Gina Christian, catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for July 23, 2025. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com . In this episode: The Trump administration on July 22 said the United States would withdraw from the U.N. cultural agency UNESCO , a group th...

Planned Parenthood's Partial Defund, Gaza Visit, Pope Leo XIV and Buzz Aldrin, and More 22.07.2025 7:56

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 July 22, 2025. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com . In this episode: A federal judge on July 21 extended an order blocking (for some) a provision that stopped Planned Parenthood from receiving Medicaid payments for a year. After witnessing devastation i...

Nigerian Priest Freed, Biker Knights at Alligator Alcatraz, Pope Leo XIV on Gaza, and More 21.07.2025 8:33

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 July 21, 2025. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com . In this episode: A Nigerian priest kidnapped by Boko Haram in June has been released, OSV News has learned . Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski of Miami and some 25 Knights of Columbus saddled up their motorc...

Gaza Church Attack Condemned, Syria Christian Persecution, Carlo Acutis VR, and More 18.07.2025 7:21

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 July 18, 2025. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com. World and church leaders are condemning a deadly July 17 Israeli strike on the Gaza Strip's Holy Family Parish. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu telephoned Pope Leo XIV , who urged Israel...

Gaza Catholic Church Attack, Call from Kidnapped Priest, Pope Leo and Ecumenical Pilgrims, and More 17.07.2025 8:02

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 July 17, 2025. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com. In this episode: Israeli tank fire struck the Holy Family Parish , Gaza Strip's only Catholic parish, killing three and injuring nine, including the parish's pastor. A former Vatican diplomat...