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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 Minnesota, among them Archbishop Bernard Hebda of St. Paul and Minneapolis, are calling for prayer, civility and respect for human dignity following a fatal shooting rampage on several state lawmakers. Pope Leo XIV prayed that newly beatified martyr Blessed Floribert Bwana Chui, slain in 2007 for refusing a bribe, would intercede to finally bring peace to Congo. The pope also decried recent killings of Christians in Sudan and in Nigeria, including a June 13-14 massacre in the latter nation that killed some 200. In France, Catholics celebrated the 150th anniversary of Sacré-Coeur, the Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com.

Read the stories in this episode:

Bishop Zaidan on Israel-Iran Strikes
https://www.osvnews.com/us-bishop-calls-for-ardent-prayer-diplomacy-as-israel-iran-strikes-continue/

Catholic Leaders on Minnesota Lawmaker Shootings
https://www.osvnews.com/suspect-arrested-in-murder-of-catholic-minnesota-lawmaker-husband/

https://www.osvnews.com/minnesota-lawmaker-who-once-taught-catholic-sunday-school-shot-and-killed-in-apparent-politically-motivated-assassination/

Blessed Floribert Bwana Chui
https://www.osvnews.com/at-audience-with-martyrs-mother-pope-prays-for-peace-in-congo/

Christians Killed in Nigeria, Sudan
https://www.osvnews.com/pope-addresses-instances-of-violence-against-christians-prays-for-peace/

Sacré-Coeur at 150
https://www.osvnews.com/iconic-sacre-coeur-basilica-in-paris-celebrates-its-150th-birthday/