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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 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...

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 20, 2024. In this episode, we look at President Joe Biden's upcoming visit to Pope Francis, President-elect Trump's selection for the U.S. ambassador to the Holy See, and Catholic religious who are bringing Christmas hope to conflict-torn...

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 19, 2024. In this episode, we add the National Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., to your Jubilee Year itinerary, and share how papal almoner Cardinal Konrad Krajewski is driving a medical aid vehicle more than 1,100 miles to...

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 18, 2024. In this episode, we look at a Supreme Court case on Planned Parenthood and Medicaid funding in pro-life states, a new Marquette Law School poll on President Joe Biden's outgoing ratings, and Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich's call f...

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 17, 2024. In this episode, we look at an ancient copy of the Ten Commandments up for auction, while taking a sneak peak at Pope Francis' new book (and wishing him a happy birthday!). We also hear on from Archbishop John Kennedy on the church&ap...

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 16, 2024. In this episode, we look at a deadly school shooting in Madion, Wisconsin, just 12 years after the Sandy Hook tragedy. We also hear from a priest whose miraculous cure aided the canonization cause of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, and we l...

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 13, 2024. In this episode, we look at our recent interview with retired Cardinal Seán O'Malley of Boston, a message of reassurance for migrants from California's Catholic bishops amid possible mass deportations, and a young man with Down s...