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March Madness, Myanmar Cathedral Burning, Vatican AI Conference
Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news for March 20, 2025. In this episode: March Madness has begun, and Catholic teams are in the mix. A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration's order banning transgender per...
Europe's Bishops on War, Nigerian Seminarian Killed, Flannery O'Connor at 100
Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for March 19, 2025. In this episode: Europe's Catholic bishops express concerns over Russia's ongoing war in Ukraine and the conflict's geopolitical implications. A Niger...
Texas Abortion Arrest, Wichita Church Vandalism, Gudziak on Silencing Voice of America
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 Wichit...
US Bishops Appeal Ruling, Mexico Bishops Mourn Missing, Matt Talbot Film Underway
Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for March 17, 2025. In this episode: The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops continues its legal battle against the Trump administration following the latter's cancellati...
Kansas 'Black Mass,' Mexican Death Camp, Dutch Co-Cathedral
Gina Christian catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for March 14, 2025. In this episode: Kansas Catholics are outraged as a satanic group will be permitted to perform a "black mass" outside that state's Capitol March 28, a move being ...
Pope Francis Anniversary, Nigeria 'Religious Cleansing,' Lenten Cooking
Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for March 13, 2025. In this episode: Pope Francis marks the 12th anniversary of his papal election, celebrating with a cake and hundreds of cards while on the mend in Rom...
Trump Education Cuts, Cardinal McElroy Installed, Salvadoran Catholics Say 'No to Mining'
Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for March 12, 2025. In this episode: Catholic experts are keeping an eye on how the Trump administration's plan to cut the Department of Education by 50% will impact Cath...
Pope Francis Improving, Australia Catholic Surge, 9-Year Novena
Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for March 11, 2025. In this episode: Pope Francis continues to show progress in recovering from severe respiratory issues, even participating by video link in a Vatican L...
Syria Violence, USAID Slashed, Pope Francis Joins Lenten Retreat
Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for March 10, 2025. In this episode: Dr. Tim Millea of the Catholic Medical Association told OSV News that efforts to promote Restorative Reproductive Medicine as an alte...
Firing Squad, Adoption Novena, Pope Francis Health Update
Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for March 7, 2025. In this episode: Catholic anti-death penalty advocates call for clemency for a South Carolina death row inmate set to be executed by firing squad. Pope...
Pope Francis Hospital Message, Rice Bowl at 50, Dalit Catholics
Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for Thursday, March 6, 2025. In this episode: Pope Francis releases a short audio message from the hospital, which was read before tonight's recitation of the rosary in S...
Pope Francis, Ash Wednesday, Murdered Nigerian Priest, Trump and Foreign Aid
Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for Wednesday, March 5, 2025, which is Ash Wednesday for Roman Catholics. In this episode: Pope Francis releases the text of his Ash Wednesday homily while he remains hos...
Eucharistic Miracle Alleged, EU Bishops on Ukraine, Shroud of Turin Fascinates
Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for March 4, 2025. In this episode: The Archdiocese of Indianapolis is investigating a possible Eucharistic miracle. The European Union's Catholic bishops affirm their su...
Ukraine's Bishops on Trump-Zelenskyy, Pope Health Update, Tex-Mex Bishops on Migration
Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day with the OSV Newscast for March 3, 2025. In this episode: Ukraine's Catholic bishops express their concerns about the need for both justice and peace, following the heate...
Mulderig at the Movies: The Oscars
Gina Christian of OSV News speaks with OSV News media reviewer John Mulderig about some of the contenders for best picture at the 2025 Academy Awards. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com.
Pope Francis Health Setback, Bishops' Refugee Contract Canceled, New Venezuelan Saint
Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for Friday, Feb. 28, 2025. In this episode: Pope Francis experiences a setback in Rome's Gemelli hospital, suffering a dangerous "bronchospasm" today. He remained "alert ...
Pope Francis Popularity, Mexico's Bishops on Immigration, Notre Dame Crowds
Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for Feb. 27, 2025. In this episode: Pew Research shows that Pope Francis has remained broadly popular with U.S. Catholics throughout his papacy, even among demographics d...
Death Penalty Reversal, US Christianity Stabilizes, Pope Francis Health Update
Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for Feb. 26, 2025. In this episode: Oklahoma's Catholic bishops are applauding yesterday's Supreme Court decision to throw out the death penalty murder convi...
Father Kapaun 'Venerable,' Pope Francis Health Update, 'Silent Genocide' in Congo
Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for Feb. 25, 2025. In this episode: U.S. Army military chaplain Father Emil Kapaun, who served in World War II and the Korean War, has been declared "Venerable" by the Va...
Pope Francis Health, Prayers for the Pope, Ukraine and 3 Years of War
Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for Feb. 24, 2025. In this episode: Pope Francis, still battling double pneumonia and respiratory infections, remains in Rome's Gemelli hospital with doctors labeling his...
Bishops on Trump Immigration, Pope Francis Health, Priests in Ukraine Amid Russia's War
Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for Feb. 21, 2025. In this episode: Catholic bishops, clergy and leaders continue to weigh in on the Trump administration's sweeping immigration policy changes, stressing...
HHS Sex and Gender, Pope Francis Health Update, Shevchuk on Hope and Justice
Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for Feb. 20, 2025. In this episode: The Department of Health and Human Services has begun implementing a Trump executive order on sex and gender recognizing only males an...
Bishops Sue Trump Administration, IVF Expansion Reax, Cuts to Catholic Aid in Kenya
Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for Feb. 19, 2025. In this episode: the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops sues the Trump administration for violating the nation's laws by ending a long-running partner...
Next Eucharistic Pilgrimage, Pope Francis Health Update, Myanmar Priest Murder
Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for Feb. 18, 2025. In this episode: Pope Francis has been diagnosed with bilateral pneumonia. The 2025 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage has been announced. A priest in Mya...
Shevchuk on War in Ukraine, Pope Francis Health Update, Violence in Congo
Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic stories of the day for February 17, 2025. In this episode: His Beatitude Sviatoslav, head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, sits down with OSV News to talk about justice and peace ...