Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for March 18, 2025. In this episode: Texas' attorney general charges a Houston-area midwife for illegally performing abortions under that state's near total ban. A Wichita, Kansas, church has been vandalized and a 23-year-old suspect is in custody, with that state's bishops calling the attack a hate crime. Metropolitan Archbishop Borys Gudziak of the Archeparchy of Philadelphia said that the U.S. is "silencing its voice" after the Trump administration guts the long-running Voice of America network, which was established during World War II as a pro-democracy, federally funded outlet. France's Catholics are ready to mark the feast of St. Joseph with tens of thousands of petitions to the beloved saint. A priest who's popular on Instagram shares what's really important, after he notches more than one million followers on the platform. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com.

Read the stories in this episode:

Texas abortion charges
https://www.osvnews.com/paxton-files-first-criminal-charges-for-alleged-violation-of-texas-abortion-restrictions/

Wichita church vandalized
https://www.osvnews.com/wichita-catholic-church-vandalized-in-what-bishops-call-hate-crime/

Archbishop Gudziak on silencing Voice of America
https://www.osvnews.com/gudziak-america-silencing-its-own-voice-with-voa-shutdown/

France's Catholics ready for feast of St. Joseph
https://www.osvnews.com/st-joseph-prayer-intentions-hit-record-with-collaboration-of-french-shrine-internet-app/

Instagram priest on what really matters
https://www.osvnews.com/priest-influencer-on-evangelizing-through-humor-social-media-pitfalls-and-advice-to-gen-z/