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Hello,
I'm
Maggie
Murray
of
OSV
News,
and
this
is
your
OSV
Newscast
for
Wednesday,
August
12th,
2026.
Let's
catch
you
up
on
the
Catholic
News
of
the
Day.
Here
we
go.
A
coalition
of
faith-based
plaintiffs
is
racing
against
the
clock
to
stop
a
new
Illinois
law
before
it
takes
effect
next
month.
The
Thomas
More
Society
filed
a
federal
lawsuit
yesterday
on
behalf
of
Springfield
Bishop
Thomas
Popraki,
four
Catholic
physicians,
and
Lutheran
Care
Center
in
Altamont,
seeking
to
block
the
state's
end-of-life
options
for
Terminally
Ill
Patients
Act
before
it
takes
effect
September
12th.
The
law
would
allow
patients
with
a
terminal
diagnosis
and
a
prognosis
of
six
months
or
less
to
request
life-ending
medication,
with
two
doctors
confirming
the
diagnosis
and
a
mental
health
professional
assessing
capacity.
The
lawsuit
argues
the
law
violates
religious
and
free
speech
protections
under
the
First
and
Fourteenth
Amendments,
and
specifically
challenges
a
provision
barring
healthcare
entities
from
preventing
their
professionals
from
providing
assisted
suicide
outside
of
work.
The
Thomas
More
Society
warned
the
law
further
threatens
the
integrity
of
religious
healthcare
institutions'
identity
and
mission.
A
separate
lawsuit
filed
in
June
by
the
group
End
Assisted
Suicide
is
also
challenging
the
law
on
behalf
of
people
with
disabilities.
Pope
Leo
XIV
had
an
important
message
for
women
religious
gathered
in
Orlando
this
week.
Keep
inviting
young
people
into
the
life
of
consecrated
service.
In
a
video
message
to
the
Leadership
Conference
of
Women
Religious
Today,
the
Pope
said,
the
work
of
fostering
religious
vocations
is
of
vital
importance,
pointing
to
what
he
called
a
growing
hunger
for
God
among
young
people
despite
widespread
secularization.
He
encouraged
sisters
to
introduce
young
people
to
religious
life
and
help
them
to
hear
the
voice
of
the
Lord,
who
speaks
to
us
in
the
depths
of
our
hearts,
urging
courage
and
responding
generously
to
Christ's
call.
The
conference,
marking
its
70th
anniversary,
brings
together
1,270
leaders
representing
roughly
two-thirds
of
the
nation's
35,000
women
religious.
Pope
Leo
also
praised
the
assembly's
synodal
approach
to
community
life,
saying
the
practices
of
listening,
discussion,
and
discernment
allow
sisters
to
discover
what
the
Holy
Spirit
is
saying
about
the
present
and
future
of
consecrated
life
in
the
countries
where
they
serve.
The
legal
foundation
Abogados
Christianos,
acting
on
behalf
of
the
Observatory
on
Intolerance
and
Discrimination
Against
Christians,
is
urging
courts
to
investigate
the
incident
as
both
a
burglary
and
a
religious
hate
crime.
Foundation
president
Polonia
Castellanos
said
the
break-in
follows
months
of
escalating
incidents,
including
thrown
stones,
disrupted
masses,
and
severe
vandalism,
and
is
asking
authorities
to
examine
whether
the
pattern
reflects
a
deliberate
campaign
to
offend
the
faithful.
The
7.4
magnitude
quake
that
struck
on
Monday,
one
of
the
strongest
in
Colombia's
history,
severely
damaged
cities
including
Pereira,
Cali,
Manizales,
and
Cuibdo,
where
emergency
crews
continue
working
around
the
clock
to
free
victims
trapped
beneath
collapsed
buildings.
In
an
August
11th
letter,
leaders
of
the
Latin
American
and
Caribbean
Episcopal
Council,
known
as
CLAM,
expressed
deep
solidarity
with
the
Colombian
people
and
pledged
targeted
assistance
for
the
most
vulnerable,
including
displaced
families
and
indigenous
communities.
Bishops
from
Mexico,
Ecuador,
Brazil,
Argentina,
Peru,
and
Chile
also
sent
messages
of
support.
Mexican
bishops
announced
plans
to
coordinate
humanitarian
relief
through
Caitas
Mexicana,
while
CLAM
called
on
all
regional
conferences
to
help
Colombia
rebuild,
not
just
homes
and
infrastructure,
but
hope
for
the
future.
To
sanctify
Sunday,
it
is
essential
to
celebrate
the
Eucharist,
the
Pope
said
in
St.
Peter's
Basilica,
continuing
his
catechetical
series
on
the
Second
Vatican
Council's
Sacrosanctum
Concilium,
the
Constitution
on
the
Sacred
Liturgy.
He
went
further,
urging
employers
and
society
at
large
to
seek
the
best
possible
conditions
so
that
even
those
who
are
unable
to
take
time
off
work
on
Sundays
may
take
part
in
Holy
Mass.
Pope
Leo
described
the
liturgical
year
not
as
a
static
memorial
of
past
events,
but
as
an
ongoing
encounter
with
the
risen
Christ,
with
Easter
at
its
very
center.
For
that
reason,
he
said,
gathering
to
celebrate
the
Eucharist
each
Sunday
remains
essential
to
the
life
of
every
believer,
the
true
foundation
and
kernel
of
the
whole
liturgical
year.
And
that's
your
OSV
Newscast
for
today.
I'm
Maggie
Murray
of
OSV
News.
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