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Hello,
I'm
Maggie
Murray
of
OSV
News,
and
this
is
your
OSV
Newscast
for
Tuesday,
May
19th,
2026.
Let's
catch
you
up
on
the
Catholic
News
of
the
Day.
Here
we
go.
With
Pentecost
just
around
the
corner,
Pope
Leo
XIV
delivered
a
candid
and
encouraging
message
this
week
to
young
Catholics
preparing
for
confirmation.
Speaking
Saturday
to
about
a
thousand
young
pilgrims
from
the
Archdiocese
of
Genoa
at
the
Apostolic
Palace,
the
Pope
urged
confirmation
candidates
to
pray
for
the
gift
of
perseverance,
warning
that
many
young
people
disappear
from
the
parish
after
receiving
the
sacrament.
The
Pope
spoke
warmly
about
confirmation
itself,
saying
the
Holy
Spirit
gives
believers
this
enthusiasm,
this
strength,
to
follow
Christ
courageously
in
a
world
that
so
often
pulls
people
away
from
Jesus.
But
he
also
acknowledged
another
aspect
that
is
rather
sad,
that
for
many,
confirmation
becomes
a
finish
line
rather
than
a
starting
point.
Ahead
of
Pentecost,
Pope
Leo
challenged
the
young
pilgrims
to
stay
active
in
parish
life,
build
genuine
Christian
friendships,
and
become,
in
his
words,
a
living
witness
to
the
spirit
who
dwells
in
us.
Hundreds
of
religious
leaders
and
peace
activists
took
to
the
streets
of
Jerusalem
yesterday,
choosing
unity
over
division
at
a
moment
of
intensifying
regional
tensions.
The
Interfaith
March,
organized
by
the
Forum
of
Human
Rights,
brought
together
Jews,
Muslims,
Christians,
and
Druze
in
a
direct
counterpoint
to
the
annual
Jerusalem
Day
Flag
Parade,
which
earlier
this
month
was
marked
by
violence
and
anti-Arab
chants
in
the
Old
City.
Gathering
near
Jerusalem's
YMCA,
participants
prayed,
sang,
and
called
for
justice
and
peace
across
religious
and
political
divides.
Rabbi
Amahai
Laulavi
said
the
march
sought
to
uphold
the
sanctity
of
every
human
life
at
a
time
of
widespread
fear.
Catholic
clergy
joined
the
procession,
including
priests
and
religious
sisters
serving
in
Jerusalem,
as
participants
made
their
way
to
Jaffa
Gate.
The
march
came
days
after
renewed
violence
in
the
West
Bank.
Sister
Monica
Dolman,
a
German
sister
of
St.
Joseph
of
the
Apparition,
who
has
lived
in
Jerusalem
for
decades,
captured
the
spirit
of
the
day
simply.
Together
we
will
be
stronger.
A
Philadelphia
parish
with
a
painful
history
of
clergy
abuse
has
taken
a
meaningful
step
toward
healing
by
creating
a
permanent
memorial
for
survivors.
St.
Cecilia
Parish,
whose
former
pastor
was
named
a
serial
abuser
in
a
2005
Grand
Jury
Report,
recently
dedicated
an
outdoor
monument
featuring
a
granite
block
inscribed
with
scripture,
prayer,
apology,
affirmation,
and
the
words
of
one
abused
survivor.
Atop
the
monument
sits
a
votive
lantern
ringed
with
flowers.
Father
Christopher
Walsh,
the
parish's
current
pastor,
said
he
was
moved
to
create
the
memorial
after
learning
more
about
the
parish's
history
and
after
burying
one
of
the
survivors.
He
developed
the
project
in
collaboration
with
victims,
parents,
and
parishioners.
But
Father
Walsh
was
careful
to
frame
the
memorial
as
just
one
piece
of
a
broader
commitment
to
child
safety.
We're
certainly
vigilant
with
background
checks,
with
education,
with
educating
our
young
people
about
see
something,
say
something,
he
said.
We
have
to
remain
vigilant
because
evil
lurks.
On
Monday,
Catholic
groups
asked
the
U.S.
Court
of
Appeals
for
the
Fifth
Circuit
to
halt
enforcement
of
a
Biden-era
regulation
from
the
Equal
Employment
Opportunity
Commission
that
implemented
the
Pregnant
Workers'
Fairness
Act.
While
the
law
was
intended
to
protect
workers
for
conditions
like
miscarriage,
stillbirth,
and
lactation,
the
EEOC's
regulations
also
extended
protections
to
abortion,
something
the
U.S.
bishops
and
other
supporters
of
the
original
law
say
Congress
never
intended.
The
lawsuit
was
filed
by
Beckett,
a
religious
liberty
law
firm,
on
behalf
of
the
U.S.CCB,
the
Catholic
University
of
America,
and
two
Louisiana
dioceses.
Beckett
Counsel
Laura
Wolk
Slavis
said
in
a
statement
that
bureaucrats
tried
to
twist
a
bipartisan
law
protecting
pregnant
women
and
their
unborn
babies
into
a
mandate
that
churches
facilitate
abortion
within
their
own
ministries.
This
past
Sunday,
as
the
nation
draws
closer
to
Memorial
Day,
Archbishop
Timothy
Broglio
of
the
U.S.
Archdiocese
for
the
Military
Services
led
a
solemn
mass
at
the
Basilica
of
the
National
Shrine
of
the
Immaculate
Conception
in
Washington,
D.C.
to
remember
Catholic
men
and
women
who
gave
their
lives
in
military
service.
The
annual
memorial
mass,
held
this
year
on
Ascension
Sunday,
carried
the
quiet
dignity
of
the
occasion,
complete
with
the
national
anthem,
the
playing
of
taps,
and
the
color
guard
from
the
military
district
of
Washington.
The
congregation
was
dotted
with
uniformed
service
members
from
every
branch,
joined
by
Knights
of
Columbus
and
Knights
of
Malta
in
full
regalia.
In
his
homily,
Archbishop
Broglio
drew
a
connection
between
Christ's
great
commission
to
make
disciples
of
all
nations
and
the
unexpected
duties
that
define
a
life
of
service.
The
duty
of
the
church,
he
said,
is
to
be
the
visible
means
by
which
Christ
acts
in
the
world.
A
mission
that
intersects,
he
argued,
with
the
military's
own
call
to
protect
the
rights
that
bind
the
nation
together.
And
that's
your
OSV
Newscast
for
today.
I'm
Maggie
Murray
of
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News.
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