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Bishops Urge SNAP Action, Sudan Alarms, Liturgy of the Hours in Parishes, and More 29.10.2025 7:04

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Peter Jesserer Smith, national news editor of OSV News, catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for Oct. 28, 2025. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com . In this episode: The U.S. bishops urged lawmakers to fund federal food assistance before a looming deadline risks disrupting benefits for more than 40 million people. At a...

Melissa Strikes Jamaica, Newman's New Oxford Revolution, Nostra Aetate at 60, and More 28.10.2025 7:09

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Peter Jesserer Smith, national news editor of OSV News, catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for Oct. 28, 2025. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com . In this episode: As Hurricane Melissa approached Jamaica, OSV News spoke with one of the island's bishops who stressed the need to "be grounded in a faith that tr...

Pope Leo's First Foreign Trip, Maryknoll and Foreign Workers, GoFundMe Nonprofit Controversy, and More 27.10.2025 7:59

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 Oct. 27, 2025. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com . The Vatican released the itinerary for Pope Leo's first foreign trip, which commemorates the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea and its Creed, as well as reaffirming hopes for peace in t...

Annunciation Shooting Survivor Now Home, Pope Leo and Families, New Father Mike Schmitz Podcast, and More 24.10.2025 8:10

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 Oct. 24, 2025. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com .

Pope Leo and King Charles, Hispanic Ministry Leaders Conference, Russia Strikes Kindergarten, and More 23.10.2025 8:40

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 Oct. 23, 2025. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com .

Catholic ICE Prayer Vigils, Next Vienna Archbishop, New Co-Patron of Education, and More 23.10.2025 6:59

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 Oct. 22, 2025. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com . In this episode: A coalition of Catholic organizations held prayer vigils across the country on Oct. 22 for what organizers called "a national day of public witness for our immigrant brother...

Army Chapel Contract Cancellations, Global Religious Freedom Down, Coffee Evangelization Grows, and More 21.10.2025 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 Oct. 21, 2025. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com . In this episode: The U.S. Army said religious support contracts for Army chapels would be "reexamined" after Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services ra...

Pope Leo Meets Abuse Survivors, Religion in US Public Life, Chopin Pianist Prays, and More 20.10.2025 8:13

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 Oct. 20, 2025. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com .

Vatican Stats, Street Corner Ministry, A Faith Under Siege in Ukraine, and More 17.10.2025 8:27

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 Oct. 17, 2025. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com .

Holy Land Leaders on Ceasefire, Jen Fulwiler Cancels Tour, Georgetown's New President, and More 16.10.2025 8:18

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 Oct. 16, 2025. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com . In this episode: In a joint statement on Oct. 14, the patriarchs and heads of churches in Jerusalem welcomed the newly enacted ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages, calling it an "auspi...

Chicago Catholics on ICE, Pope Leo on Humility, the Vatican Unveiled, and More 15.10.2025 6:40

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Peter Jesserer Smith, national news editor of OSV News, catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for Oct. 15, 2025. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com . In this episode: As federal immigration enforcement ramps up across Chicago, Catholic leaders and parishioners are stepping in to defend immigrants’ rights -- and their ab...

October Canonizations, Italy Monastery Fire, US Bishops Elections, and More 14.10.2025 8:08

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

Israeli Hostages Freed, Gaza 'Tsunami' of Destruction, Rupnik Trial Judges, and More 13.10.2025 7:05

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 Oct. 13, 2025. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com . In this episode: In a historic breakthrough , all Israeli hostages still held in Gaza have been freed, and 250 Palestinian prisoners released as part of a U.S.-brokered ceasefire, with the release of m...

Seal of Confession Agreement, Pope Leo on Religious Liberty, Sister Jean Dies at 106, and More 10.10.2025 8:26

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 Oct. 10, 2025. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com . In this episode: Washington state's government and its Catholic bishops reached an agreement in a federal lawsuit over the state's mandatory reporter law they said could force priests to viol...

Pope Leo on the Poor, Latin Patriarchate on Gaza Peace, Spain's Abortion Blacklists, and More 10.10.2025 6:15

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Peter Jesserer Smith, national news editor of OSV News, catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for Oct. 9, 2025. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com . In this episode: Many Christians "need to go back and re-read the Gospel" because they have forgotten that faith and love for the poor go hand in hand, Pope Leo X...

"Dilexi Te": Pope Leo XIV's Call to Love the Poor 09.10.2025 24:30

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Gina Christian sits down with author and OSV News contributor Michael Heinlein to review Pope Leo XIV's first apostolic exhortation, "Dilexi Te," which picks up where the late Pope Francis left off in calling upon the faithful to live out the Gospel's call to love the poor. What does the document say about that call -...

Pope Leo Hears Migrant Fears, Mexico Priest Killed, Perpetual Eucharistic Pilgrims, and More 08.10.2025 7:37

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 Oct. 8, 2025. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com . In this episode: Many immigrants in the United States today are living with the same fear people experienced under the "tyrannical" communist governments of the past, said Bishop Mark J. Seit...

Red Mass Threat, Conversion Therapy Case, Pope Leo's First Trip Announced, and More 07.10.2025 6:51

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Peter Jesserer Smith, national news editor of OSV News, catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for Oct. 7, 2025. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com . In this episode: Court documents show that a New Jersey man arrested outside of St. Matthew's Cathedral in Washington just hours before the start of the annual Red Mass...

Red Mass 'Architects of Hope,' Hamas-Israel War's 'Inhuman Consequences,' Love of Migrants, and More 06.10.2025 5:51

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Peter Jesserer Smith, national news editor of OSV News, catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for Oct. 6, 2025. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com . In this episode: At the Red Mass celebrated on the day before the Supreme Court's new term, Washington Cardinal Robert W. McElroy emphasized that "men and women of...

Hamas Hears Trump Plan, FDA Abortion Pill Approval, Anglican Communion's New Leader, and More 04.10.2025 7:38

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 Oct. 3, 2025. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com .

Respect Life Month, NJ Catholic School Surrogacy Controversy, Forgiveness Amid Israel-Hamas War, and More 02.10.2025 9:36

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 Oct. 2, 2025. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com .

Archbishop Broglio on Political Violence, Catholic Leaders and Gov't Shutdown, Durbin Declines Award, and More 01.10.2025 8:53

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

Gaza Peace Plan, Christian Leaders Respond to Netanyahu, 1 Million Kid Rosary 30.09.2025 8:35

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

Michigan Church Shooting, Seminarian Numbers Down, Three Hearts Pilgrimage, and More 29.09.2025 9:02

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

Pope Leo First Major Appointment, Clarence Thomas on Precedent and Faith, Chicago Catholic Kids on "America's Got Talent" 26.09.2025 8:06

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