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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 June 27, 2025. In this episode: Twenty U.S. Catholic bishops have joined an interfaith effort opposing Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act, calling it a "moral failure," while the U.S. bishops' conference advocated for "drastic changes.&...

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 26, 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 June 25, 2025. In this episode: Peace is "more than just the absence of war," but instead a commitment to human flourishing, the Holy See told the United Nations. Pope Leo XIV condemned the suicide bombing at a Damascus church, calling it "a cowa...

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 24, 2025. In this episode: A ceasefire between Israel and Iran appears to be holding for now, after both sides continued attacks after Trump announced the ceasefire. Catholic women religious held a demonstration on Capitol grounds urging lawmakers not to 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 June 23, 2025. In this episode: 'Be bold for Jesus': Los Angeles closes out the National Eucharistic Revival Orthodox churches file suit over WA law also being challenged by that state's Catholic bishops 'Each new conflict' in region &a...

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 20, 2025. In this episode: On World Refugee Day (June 20), Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, Texas, chair of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Migration, said that solidarity with refugees and migrants "is not optional," b...

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 19, 2025. In this episode: Catholics in Poland mark the feast of Corpus Christi as a public witness to their faith in the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist. In the U.S., the federal Juneteenth holiday is being marked by Catholics as a call to contin...

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 18, 2025. In this episode: The Supreme Court upheld Tennessee's ban against certain types of medical or surgical gender reassignment procedures for minors who identify as transgender. Cuba's Catholic bishops are speaking out about deteriorating 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 June 17, 2025. In this episode: Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York and Bishop Robert Barron of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, are among the leaders who gathered for yesterday's first Religious Liberty Commission meeting following the group's creation by...

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 16, 2025. In this episode: Bishop A. Elias Zaidan, chair of the U.S. Catholic bishops' Committee on International Justice and Peace, calls for ardent prayer and robust diplomacy as Israel and Iran trade strikes for a fourth day. Catholic leaders in Mi...

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 13, 2025. In this episode: Jesuit Father John Paul, rector of the Tantur Ecumenical Institute in Jerusalem, shares how he focuses on supporting Palestinians and Israelis amid Israel's strike on Iran, and the Israel-Hamas war. The Vatican has announced...

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 12, 2025. In this episode: Pope Leo XIV expresses his condolences over the loss of at least 241 following the crash of an Air India jet shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad. A Ukrainian child advocate shares how the Vatican can play an even greater role 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 June 11, 2025. In this episode: A massive Russian drone assault on Ukraine yesterday killed at least 7 and injured 13, while damaging Holy Wisdom Cathedral - St. Sophia Cathedral, an ancient church in Kyiv that's a UNESCO World Heritage site and the spirit...

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Gina Christian catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for June 10, 2025. In this episode: Catholic bishops in Austria call for prayer as a school shooting kills 9 and injures 12. Parishes in the Diocese of Buffalo, New York, will soon begin paying a total of $80 million towards the diocese's $150 million bankruptcy settlemen...

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 9, 2025. In this episode: Pope Leo XIV, speaking in his Pentecost homily, said the Holy Spirit "breaks down barriers and tears down the walls of indifference and hatred." Archbishop José Gomez of Los Angeles is calling for prayer, while urging &q...

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 6, 2025. In this episode: As the state of Florida moves forward with another scheduled execution on June 10, retired Bishop Felipe Estévez of St. Augustine is calling the death penalty "a failure of mercy and moral imagination." The Catholic bish...

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 5, 2025. In this episode: The Supreme Court unanimously ruled in favor of the Catholic Charities Bureau of the Diocese of Superior, Wisconsin in a case affirming the agency's religious identity. Amid the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea, s...

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 4, 2025. In this episode: The Trump administration announced that it would revoke Biden-era guidance to the nation's hospitals directing them to perform abortions in emergency circumstances even in states that banned the procedure. God loves every per...

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 3, 2025. In this episode: Catholics are being urged to attend National Eucharistic Pilgrimage events in large numbers as anti-Catholic protests grow along the 3,340-mile St. Katharine Drexel Route. For Catholics, June is traditionally the month devoted 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 June 2, 2025. In this episode: Pope Leo XIV describes families as the cradle of humanity's future. Polish nuns martyred during the Second World War are beatified. The Diocese of Charlotte faces backlash after a leaked pastoral letter and a decree on the pr...

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Gina Christian catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for May 30, 2025. In this episode: The Supreme Court has allowed President Donald Trump's administration to end deportation protections for more than 500,000 immigrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela while an appeal of the president's order is still pendi...

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 May 29, 2025. In this episode: Washington State's Catholic bishops sue over a new law that would make clergy mandated reporters and violate the seal of confession. Catholic immigration experts say that the Trump administration's deportation of seven m...

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 May 28, 2025. In this episode: The Supreme Court turned down the Apache Stronghold organization's request to plead for the protection of sacred lands from mining, in a case with implications for religious freedom. The Holy See's ambassador to the U.N....

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 May 27, 2025. In this episode: As the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision -- which sent the issue of abortion back to the states -- reaches its third anniversary, Catholic leaders are stressing foster care and adoption as urgent pro-life issues. The head Cathol...

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 May 22, 2205. In this episode: Cardinal Timothy Dolan and Bishop Michael Burbidge are among Catholic leaders calling for prayers after a young couple, both Israeli embassy staffers, was slain May 21 outside the Capital Jewish Museum in an apparent antisemitic a...