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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 Oct. 7, 2026. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com. Read the stories in this episode: Catholics around the world will mark World Mission Sunday on Oct. 18, and a "renewed energy" infuses the annual celebration of the Church's missionary act...

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Maggie Murray of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for Oct. 6, 2026. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com. Read the stories in this episode: The Vatican announced that "The Private Diary of Pope Francis," featuring notes from 1992 to 2024 and compiled by Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, will publish...

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. 5, 2026. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com . Read the stories in this episode: Vatican officials said an Oct. 7-14 meeting marking 10 years since Pope Francis' apostolic exhortation "Amoris Laetitia" will focus on listening to pasto...

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Maggie Murray of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for Oct. 2, 2026. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com. Read the stories in this episode: The Treasury Department and IRS announced proposed rules for the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit, with Catholic education leaders calling it "transformative" aft...

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Maggie Murray of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for Oct. 1, 2026. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com. Read the stories in this episode: Thousands of pilgrims are expected in Assisi this weekend as Pope Leo XIV's Jubilee Year culminates in events marking the 800th anniversary of St. Francis' deat...

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, 2026. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com . The Chicago White Sox have headed into the post-season with a bit of inspiration from one of their best-known fans -- Pope Leo XIV.  Pope Leo XIV's forceful defense of human life during his Sept....

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Maggie Murray of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for Sept. 29, 2026. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com. Read the stories in this episode: The Vatican announced "A New Gaze: Paying Attention in the Age of Clickbait" as the theme for World Communications Day 2027, with Pope Leo XIV calling the fai...

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Maggie Murray of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for Sept. 28, 2026. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com. Read the stories in this episode: Concluding his four-day France visit with Mass in Metz, Pope Leo XIV urged Europeans to reject revenge and choose reconciliation, saying those who forgive are stronger...

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! When Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen -- theologian, evangelizer and Catholic communications pioneer -- was declared "Blessed" Sept. 24, 2026, one family experienced that moment like no other. Bonnie Engstrom's son, James, was born in 2010 without a pulse, and he was miraculously revived after 61 minutes through the intercession...

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Hours before the Sept. 24, 2026, beatification of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen in St. Louis, Gina Christian of OSV News spoke with Michael Heinlein, OSV News contributor and author of "Glorifying Christ: The Life of Cardinal Francis E. George OMI," to discuss what this historic event means for the Catholic Church in the U.S. Tune...

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Ahead of the Sept. 24 beatification of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, Gina Christian of OSV News takes a look at the life of the beloved, venerable archbishop, who shared the timeless truths of the Gospel of Jesus Christ to a modern audience. 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 Sept. 22, 2026. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com. Read the stories in this episode: After a man was shot and wounded by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Austin, Texas, on Sept. 20, Bishop Daniel E. Garcia denounced the shooting and ca...

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. 21, 2026. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com. Read the stories in this episode: Pope Leo XIV praised the educational and unifying power of sport as he welcomed a delegation of Italian athletes from the Special Olympics to the Vatican on Sept. 19,...

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. 18, 2026. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com . Read the stories in this episode: More than a dozen U.S. bishops met with members of Congress on Sept. 16 to urge lawmakers to enact effective safety guardrails on artificial intelligence and to advoc...

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Maggie Murray of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for Sept. 17, 2026. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com. Read the stories in this episode: Father Brent Bowman explained the viral video showing him weeping during the Eucharistic prayer at a Minnesota Mass, describing a private spiritual experience of Christ...

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Maggie Murray of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for Sept. 16, 2026. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com. Read the stories in this episode: The U.S. bishops met with tech leaders, lobbied lawmakers on Capitol Hill and formed a new task force to safeguard human dignity as artificial intelligence rapidly evol...

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. 15, 2026. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com. Read the stories in this episode: Dozens of immigrants detained at Florida's now-shuttered "Alligator Alcatraz" were held in 18-square-foot outdoor cages -- about the same size as teleph...

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Maggie Murray of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for Sept. 14, 2026. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com. Read the stories in this episode: Pope Leo XIV marked the 25th anniversary of the September 11th attacks during his Sunday Angelus, praying for victims and survivors still bearing wounds from a day that...

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. 11, 2026. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com. Read the stories in this episode: Healing, peace, justice and unity do not "just happen. We have to work for it," Archbishop Ronald A. Hicks of New York said in his homily at his first Sept....

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Maggie Murray of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for Sept. 10, 2026. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com. Read the stories in this episode: U.S. Catholic bishops are offering Masses and pastoral reflections marking 25 years since the September 11th attacks, with Archbishop Paul Coakley urging Catholics to r...

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. 9, 2026. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com. Read the stories in this episode: The U.S. Supreme Court on Sept. 8 declined a case from a New York Catholic woman seeking to send her son to kindergarten without receiving the vaccines the state requir...

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Maggie Murray of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for Sept. 8, 2026. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com. Read the stories in this episode: Cardinal Robert McElroy warned at a Labor Day Mass in Washington that artificial intelligence will radically reshape the labor market within twenty years, urging that wo...

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. 4, 2026. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com. Read the stories in this episode: Pope Leo XIV urged scholars from Oxford University's Oriel College to "seek the truth courageously" during a Sept. 4 audience at the Vatican, pointing to...

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. 3, 2026. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com . Read the stories in this episode: Pope Leo XIV on Sept. 3 encouraged Catholic bishops serving in the Middle East to remain faithful to the Gospel despite the challenges of leading often small Christian...

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Maggie Murray of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for September 2, 2026. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com. Read the stories in this episode: Pope Leo XIV opened the Season of Creation with Mass at Castel Gandolfo, urging the faithful to "hear the melodious voice of creation" and insisting "...