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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 stories of the day for January 30, 2025. In this episode: Catholic bishops, Pope Francis and other faith leaders call for prayers after a deadly aviation collision in the nation's capital. The Xavier Society for the Blind, which provides resources for visually impaired Cathol...

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic stories of the day for January 29, 2025. In this episode: Latin American Catholic bishops and leaders react to Trump administration deportations of migrants from their countries. Ahead of the Feb. 2 World Day for Consecrated Life, Father Jorge Torres shares how consecrated life is...

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic stories of the day for January 28, 2025. In this episode: A Polish Cardinal reflects on God's suffering amid the horrors of the Holocaust. Participants at the March for Life share their thoughts on the Trump administration's stance on pro-life issues. A Congo bishop assu...

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic stories of the day for January 27, 2025. In this episode: Vice President JD Vance accuses the U.S. Catholic bishops of placing financial interest over what he called "common sense immigration enforcement," while the bishops note in a statement they've had a long par...

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic stories of the day for January 24, 2025. In this episode: Vice President JD Vance addressed tens of thousands at the 52nd annual national March for Life today. A retired Philadelphia priest with years of migrant ministry experience says new Trump policies permitting immigration ar...

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic stories of the day for January 23, 2025. In this episode: Vice President JD Vance will speak at the national March for Life Jan. 24. A new survey from Knights of Columbus-Marist Poll shows most Americans favor some restrictions on abortion (a practice has been condemned by the Cat...

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic stories of the day for January 22, 2025. In this episode: Catholic immigration advocates are gravely concerned about Trump administration changes that would allow immigrants to be arrested in churches and schools. Archbishop Timothy Broglio, president of the U.S. Conference of Cat...

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic stories of the day for January 21, 2025. In this episode: Advocacy groups team up to file a legal challenge against President Donald Trump's order eliminating birthright citizenship, while a religious sister working at the U.S.-Mexico border shares with OSV News the anguish o...

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic stories of the day for January 20, 2025. In this episode: President Donald Trump is inaugurated, and Pope Francis sends greetings amid concerns over the new presidents plans for mass deportations. The pope also expressed his thankfulness over the Israel-Hamas ceasefire and hostage...

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic stories of the day for January 17, 2025. In this episode: Syria's Christians remain cautious but hopeful as the HTS government, which overthrew longtime dictator Bashar al-Assad, promises to protect minority rights. Christians worldwide are ready to mark the Week of Prayer fo...

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic stories of the day for January 16, 2025. In this episode: A new 20-year report from the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University shows that real progress has been made in ending clerical abuse. The U.S. bishops have named five areas of concern for rel...

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic stories of the day for January 15, 2025. In this episode: A ceasefire and hostage exchange in the Israel-Hamas War, rising Christian persecution worldwide, and moments of faith and inspiration amid the ongoing Los Angeles wildfires. Also, Cuba looks to release more than 550 prison...

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic stories of the day for January 14, 2025. In this episode: Annunciation House, a Catholic nonprofit, goes before the Texas Supreme Court to defend its work on behalf of immigrants at the nation's southern border. Cardinal Joseph Tobin of Newark, Bishop Mark Seitz of El Paso an...

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic stories of the day for January 13, 2025. In this episode: Faithful turn to Our Lady of Champion and other intercessors as the LA wildfires continue, while two kidnapped nuns in Nigeria were released unharmed today. Ukraine's foreign ministry calls on the world to stop Russia&...

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic stories of the day for January 10, 2025. In this episode: A deacon and parishioners save their parish church from the LA wildfires. In the nation's capital this week, the presidential election was certified and the late President Jimmy Carter was mourned. Pope Francis meets w...

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic stories of the day for January 9, 2025. In this episode: Catholics are rallying around those devastated by the LA wildfires, while President Joe Biden and others mourn the late President Jimmy Carter as a man of faith. A Catholic aid worker in Gaza tells OSV News the situation the...

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic stories of the day for January 8, 2025. In this episode: Devastating wildfires kill two and force thousands to flee, while also destroying churches and other houses of worship. In New Orleans, President Joe Biden joined Archbishop Gregory Aymond and other faith leaders to pray for...

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic stories of the day for January 7, 2025. In this episode: More than half a million pilgrims walked El Camino de Santiago, or the Way of St. James, in Spain last year, and in just two weeks well over half a million pilgrims have also crossed the threshold of the newly opened Holy Do...

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic stories of the day for January 6, 2025. In this episode: Cardinal Wilton Gregory retires, and Cardinal Robert McElroy heads to Washington, D.C. Thousands of Catholic youth gather in the U.S. and Europe for the SEEK25 conference, a religious sister has been appointed to head up a V...

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic stories of the day for January 3, 2025. In this episode, we look at mass deportation fears as the Trump administration is set to take office. Pope Francis tells Jubilee Year pilgrims to Rome to plan on an encounter with Jesus, and the celebration is on to mark the 50th anniversary...

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic stories of the day for January 2, 2025. In this episode: Pope Francis and other Catholic leaders mourn those killed and injured in the terror attack on New Orleans, while a priest in Belarus is sentenced to a penal colony as religious freedom erodes there as well as in Russia and...

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic stories of the day for December 30, 2024. In this episode: Pope Francis and other Catholic leaders offer condolences on the death of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, while also lamenting the lives lost in the Dec. 29 crash of a commercial plane in South Korea. Also, bishops sha...

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic stories of the day for December 27, 2024. In this episode: Pope Francis opens a Jubilee Year Holy Door at a prison, a Polish kids' orchestra goes viral with its Christmas carol video, and Pope Francis receives an invitation to war-torn Ukraine from Major Archbishop Sviatoslav...

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic stories of the day for December 26, 2024. In this episode, we look at a Catholic-inspired bourbon; Christmas blessings and calls for peace from Pope Francis and his papal almoner, Cardinal Konrad Krajewski; and Jesuits working to rescue migrants in the Sonoran Desert. Tune in and...

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic stories of the day for December 23, 2024. In this episode, we look at President Joe Biden's commutation of most of the federal death row sentences, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa's words of Christmas comfort to the Holy Land, a Catholic recovery expert's tips for...