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Hello,
I'm
Maggie
Murray
of
OSV
News,
and
this
is
your
OSV
Newscast
for
Thursday,
August
6th,
2026.
Let's
catch
you
up
on
the
Catholic
News
of
the
Day.
Here
we
go.
Pope
Leo
XIV
traveled
to
Assisi
this
morning
to
celebrate
the
Jubilee
year
of
St.
Francis
with
2,500
young
people.
Celebrating
Mass
at
the
Basilica
of
St.
Mary
of
the
Angels
today
for
the
Go
Franciscan
Youth
Meeting,
the
Pope
told
participants
from
across
Europe
that
the
world
is
looking
to
them
to
be
its
new
saints.
Dare
to
believe
in
the
word
of
the
gospel,
he
said.
Become
fully
human
with
the
freedom
of
Jesus
Christ.
Before
Mass,
the
Pope
fielded
questions
on
vocation
and
discernment,
reminding
young
people
that
the
deepest
vocation
written
in
every
human
heart
is
a
call
to
communion.
He
added
that
the
courage
to
make
a
definitive
choice
may
well
be
the
most
revolutionary
act
of
all.
Assisi's
Bishop
Felice
Acroca
called
it
an
extraordinary
day,
saying
the
Pope's
visit
challenges
the
church
to
become
ever
more
outgoing,
reaching
young
people
in
their
own
places,
at
their
own
times,
and
in
their
own
language.
Renewed
Israeli
strikes
in
Gaza
are
raising
serious
questions
about
the
durability
of
the
White
House's
peace
plan
for
the
territory,
even
as
Catholic
leaders
continue
calling
for
prayer.
The
strikes
came
shortly
after
President
Trump
announced
what
he
called
a
milestone,
an
agreement
for
the
complete
disarmament
of
Hamas
and
Israel's
withdrawal
from
the
territory,
described
as
a
critical
step
toward
implementing
the
broader
20-point
peace
plan
signed
in
October
2025.
But
Mary
Ellen
O'Connell,
a
Notre
Dame
law
school
scholar
specializing
in
international
law,
told
OSV
News
this
week
there
is
no
peace
now
in
Gaza,
and
there
has
been
no
peace
since
President
Trump
announced
a
ceasefire.
She
noted
that
Israeli
strikes
on
August
2nd
killed
an
estimated
18
Palestinians,
and
that
Israeli
forces
have
pulled
back
from
some
positions,
but
not
to
those
agreed
upon.
Bishop
Elias
Zidane
of
the
U.S.
Bishop's
Committee
on
International
Justice
and
Peace
said
he
was
heartened
by
news
of
an
agreement
and
called
for
intense
prayers
for
the
success
of
these
negotiations.
Bishop
Garcia,
who
chairs
the
USCCB's
Subcommittee
for
the
Promotion
of
Racial
Justice
and
Reconciliation,
acknowledged
ongoing
concerns
in
his
statement.
Today,
many
communities
of
color
worry
about
how
recent
developments
will
impact
their
fair
representation
and
future
participation
in
the
democratic
process,
he
said.
Echoing
Pope
Leo
XIV,
the
bishop
affirmed
the
value
of
democracy
insofar
as
it
guarantees
the
effective
participation
of
citizens
as
a
reflection
of
their
God-given
dignity.
A
week
after
a
massive
migrant
surge
overwhelmed
Spain's
North
African
enclave
of
Ceyuta,
life
is
returning
to
normal.
But
church
leaders
say
the
deeper
humanitarian
and
political
questions
remain
far
from
resolved.
Catholic
groups,
including
Caritas
and
the
Diocese
of
Cádiz
Ceyuta,
provided
food,
shelter,
and
emergency
aid
throughout
the
crisis
while
insisting
on
respect
for
migrant
dignity.
Local
Catholics
also
gathered
for
the
annual
feast
of
Our
Lady
of
Africa,
turning
the
celebration
into
a
sign
of
hope
in
the
aftermath
of
the
crisis.
Catholic
commentators
told
OSV
News
the
church
offered
a
calm,
compassionate
voice
as
migration
grew
increasingly
politicized,
framing
the
mass
arrivals
as
systems
of
broader
geopolitical
tensions
with
migrants
caught
in
the
middle.
They
pointed
to
Pope
Leo
XIV's
recent
calls
to
protect
human
dignity
and
expand
safe
migration
pathways
as
taking
on
new
urgency.
In
an
August
4th
statement,
Caritas
highlighted
the
human
suffering
hidden
behind
migratory
movements
and
thanked
Seuta's
residents
for
their
solidarity
despite
significant
disruption
to
daily
life.
Don't
run
from
the
change,
engage
with
it.
That
was
a
central
takeaway
from
an
August
1st
conference
at
the
St.
John
Paul
II
National
Shrine
in
Washington,
exploring
the
Pope's
encyclical
A
Magnifica
Humanitas
on
safeguarding
the
human
person
in
the
time
of
artificial
intelligence.
Peter
Cooney,
co-founder
of
Acutis
AI,
a
Catholic
alternative
platform
named
for
St.
Carlo
Acutis,
walked
attendees
through
the
document,
highlighting
three
dangers
the
Pope
identifies
in
AI:
the
ease
of
obtaining
results,
a
false
impression
of
objectivity,
and
its
ability
to
simulate
human
communication.
But
Cooney
emphasized
the
Pope's
underlying
hope.
He
doesn't
say
to
hide
from
AI
or
run
away
from
it,
Cooney
said.
He
calls
us
to
build,
to
build
without
fear,
to
protect
our
children,
and
to
trust
everything
to
marry.
A
summons,
he
said,
to
live
as
disciples
of
Christ
in
an
era
of
digital
transformation.
And
that's
your
OSV
Newscast
for
today.
I'm
Maggie
Murray
of
OSV
News.
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