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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 Aug. 4, 2025. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com . In this episode: The Archdiocese of Miami celebrated the first Mass for detainees at "Alligator Alcatraz," the Trump administration's controversial immigrant detention center in the Flori...

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

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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 30, 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 29, 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 28, 2025. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com .

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Peter Jesserer Smith, national news editor of OSV News, filling in for Gina Christian, catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for July 25, 2025. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com . In this episode: A federal appeals court has dealt another blow to President Donald Trump's executive order to end the practice of birth...

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Peter Jesserer Smith, national news editor of OSV News, filling in for Gina Christian, catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for July 24, 2025. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com . In this episode: Florida's senior bishop is pressing local, state and federal authorities for permission to bring Catholic pastoral care...

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Peter Jesserer Smith, national news editor of OSV News, filling in for Gina Christian, catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for July 23, 2025. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com . In this episode:  The Trump administration on July 22 said the United States would withdraw from the U.N. cultural agency UNESCO , a group 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 July 22, 2025. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com . In this episode: A federal judge on July 21 extended an order blocking (for some) a provision that stopped Planned Parenthood from receiving Medicaid payments for a year. After witnessing devastation i...

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 21, 2025. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com . In this episode: A Nigerian priest kidnapped by Boko Haram in June has been released, OSV News has learned . Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski of Miami and some 25 Knights of Columbus saddled up their motorc...

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 18, 2025. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com. World and church leaders are condemning a deadly July 17 Israeli strike on the Gaza Strip's Holy Family Parish.  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu telephoned Pope Leo XIV , who urged Israel...

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 17, 2025. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com. In this episode: Israeli tank fire struck the Holy Family Parish , Gaza Strip's only Catholic parish, killing three and injuring nine, including the parish's pastor. A former Vatican diplomat...

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...