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

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.

10-24
08:10

Pope Leo and King Charles, Hispanic Ministry Leaders Conference, Russia Strikes Kindergarten, and More

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.

10-23
08:40

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

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 brothers and sisters." Wisconsin's attorney general has asked the state's high court to consider invalidatin...

10-23
06:59

Army Chapel Contract Cancellations, Global Religious Freedom Down, Coffee Evangelization Grows, and More

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 raised alarm about their cancellation. Annunciation families are discussing what can be done to prevent scho...

10-21
07:52

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

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.

10-20
08:13

Vatican Stats, Street Corner Ministry, A Faith Under Siege in Ukraine, and More

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.

10-17
08:27

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

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 "auspicious moment" and the beginning of a long road toward peace. A Catholic comedian has cancelled he...

10-16
08:18

Chicago Catholics on ICE, Pope Leo on Humility, the Vatican Unveiled, and More

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 ability to practice their faith.From Jan. 10 to Feb. 1, the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneap...

10-15
06:40

October Canonizations, Italy Monastery Fire, US Bishops Elections, and More

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.

10-14
08:08

Israeli Hostages Freed, Gaza 'Tsunami' of Destruction, Rupnik Trial Judges, and More

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 more Palestinian prisoners to follow. Meanwhile, displaced Palestinians returning to the nor...

10-13
07:05

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

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 violate the seal of confession. Pope Leo XIV's apostolic exhortation on love for the poor, "Dilexi Te" (...

10-10
08:26

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

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 XIV said in his first major papal document, "Dilexi Te."The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem has welcomed...

10-10
06:15

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

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 -- and what does it say about the first U.S.-born pope? Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com.

10-09
24:30

Pope Leo Hears Migrant Fears, Mexico Priest Killed, Perpetual Eucharistic Pilgrims, and More

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. Seitz of El Paso, Texas. Jesus is always walking alongside everyone, no matter how mundane or precarious ...

10-08
07:37

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

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 had a "fully functional" arsenal of explosives. The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Chi...

10-07
06:51

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

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 the law are architects of hope by reason of their vocation."As indirect ceasefire talks began in Egypt betw...

10-06
05:51

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

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.

10-04
07:38

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

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.

10-02
09:36

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

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.

10-01
08:53

Gaza Peace Plan, Christian Leaders Respond to Netanyahu, 1 Million Kid Rosary

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.

09-30
08:35

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