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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 July 16, 2025. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com .

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 15, 2025. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com . In this episode: From Boston to Baton Rouge, faithful across the nation are reaching out to bring material and spiritual aid to those impacted by the devastating July 4 flash floods in the Texas Hill 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 July 14, 2025. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com . Representatives of various groups, including one that earned a Nobel Peace Prize, gathered at an interfaith event in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to call for nuclear disarmament worldwide.  Nearly one in t...

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 11, 2025. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com . Here are the stories in today's OSV Newscast: The Village of Dolton, Illinois, has bought Pope Leo XIV's former childhood home to make it a historical site. Chicago White Sox left fielder Wil...

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 10, 2025. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com. A federal judge on July 10 placed a new, temporary nationwide block on President Donald Trump's executive order to to end the practice of birthright citizenship as part of a class action lawsuit. D...

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 9, 2025. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com . Read the stories in this episode: Vatican still ready to host peace talks between Russia, Ukraine Ukraine religious leaders issue ‘desperate cry’ to world to end Russia’s war San Bernardino Diocese susp...

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 8, 2025. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com . Read the stories in this episode: Walking, suffering with Texas flood victims crucial, says San Antonio archbishop Synod office provides guidelines to help local churches, bishops implement synodality D...

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 7, 2025. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com. In this episode: Catholics mourn, offer support, as Texas flood’s catastrophic death toll rises ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ cuts expected to outweigh benefits for low-income families Bishop Barron: Without an e...

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 3, 2025. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com . Read the stories in this episode: House approves Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' after Senate passage   Supreme Court takes up Idaho, West Virginia transgender sports bans Vatican says docum...

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 2, 2025. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com. Read the stories in this episode: 176-year-old abortion ban struck down by Wisconsin’s high court California diocese files for bankruptcy to help reconcile with abuse survivors French woman hopes sharing...

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 1, 2025. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com . Here are the stories in today's newscast:  Senate Republicans passed their version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which Catholic bishops have criticized for provisions they called "unconsc...

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 June 30, 2025. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com . An Idaho pastor told OSV News his parish turned to prayer and Eucharistic adoration, following a deliberate and deadly attack on first responders by a sniper. Democratic State Rep. Melissa Hortman and...

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 June 27, 2025. In this episode: Twenty U.S. Catholic bishops have joined an interfaith effort opposing Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act, calling it a "moral failure," while the U.S. bishops' conference advocated for "drastic changes.&...

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 June 26, 2025. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com.

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 June 25, 2025. In this episode: Peace is "more than just the absence of war," but instead a commitment to human flourishing, the Holy See told the United Nations. Pope Leo XIV condemned the suicide bombing at a Damascus church, calling it "a cowa...

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 June 24, 2025. In this episode: A ceasefire between Israel and Iran appears to be holding for now, after both sides continued attacks after Trump announced the ceasefire. Catholic women religious held a demonstration on Capitol grounds urging lawmakers not to 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 June 23, 2025. In this episode: 'Be bold for Jesus': Los Angeles closes out the National Eucharistic Revival Orthodox churches file suit over WA law also being challenged by that state's Catholic bishops 'Each new conflict' in region &a...

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 June 20, 2025. In this episode: On World Refugee Day (June 20), Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, Texas, chair of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Migration, said that solidarity with refugees and migrants "is not optional," b...

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 June 19, 2025. In this episode: Catholics in Poland mark the feast of Corpus Christi as a public witness to their faith in the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist. In the U.S., the federal Juneteenth holiday is being marked by Catholics as a call to contin...

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 June 18, 2025. In this episode: The Supreme Court upheld Tennessee's ban against certain types of medical or surgical gender reassignment procedures for minors who identify as transgender. Cuba's Catholic bishops are speaking out about deteriorating e...

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 June 17, 2025. In this episode: Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York and Bishop Robert Barron of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, are among the leaders who gathered for yesterday's first Religious Liberty Commission meeting following the group's creation by...

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 June 16, 2025. In this episode: Bishop A. Elias Zaidan, chair of the U.S. Catholic bishops' Committee on International Justice and Peace, calls for ardent prayer and robust diplomacy as Israel and Iran trade strikes for a fourth day. Catholic leaders in Mi...

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 June 13, 2025. In this episode: Jesuit Father John Paul, rector of the Tantur Ecumenical Institute in Jerusalem, shares how he focuses on supporting Palestinians and Israelis amid Israel's strike on Iran, and the Israel-Hamas war. The Vatican has announced...

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 June 12, 2025. In this episode: Pope Leo XIV expresses his condolences over the loss of at least 241 following the crash of an Air India jet shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad. A Ukrainian child advocate shares how the Vatican can play an even greater role th...

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 June 11, 2025. In this episode: A massive Russian drone assault on Ukraine yesterday killed at least 7 and injured 13, while damaging Holy Wisdom Cathedral - St. Sophia Cathedral, an ancient church in Kyiv that's a UNESCO World Heritage site and the spirit...