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Pope Francis Hospitalized, Bishop Seitz on Vance, Knights Novena for Ukraine
Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic stories of the day for February 14, 2025. In this episode: Pope Francis has been hospitalized after battling bronchitis for several days. Bishop Mark Seitz of El Paso, Texas, who chairs ...
Catholic University Research, Haiti Hope, Tax Justice, Catholic Dating
Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic stories of the day for February 12, 2025. In this episode: The Catholic University of America is recognized as an elite research institution, joining a select group of other U.S. Catholi...
Bishop Bonanza, ICE Church Arrest Lawsuit, Russian Religious Persecution in Ukraine, Pope Francis Calls for Peace
Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic stories of the day for February 12, 2025. In this episode: The Vatican announces a number of bishop retirements and new appointments in the U.S. A number of religious groups have filed s...
Cardinal Tobin on McCarrick, Bishop Álvarez Speaks, Lourdes and World Day of the Sick
Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic stories of the day for February 11, 2025. In this episode: Cardinal Joseph Tobin of Newark, NJ orders a new investigation into Seton Hall University's reports on disgraced former cardina...
Caritas on USAID Cuts, Next Eucharistic Congress, Giavani Cairo from "The Chosen"
Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic stories of the day for February 10, 2025. In this episode: Caritas Internationalis calls the Trump administration's cuts to USAID "reckless," saying they will endanger millions worldwide...
Mass Attendance Up, 'Deadly' USAID Closure, Marriage Week Begins
Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic stories of the day for February 7, 2025. In this episode: In-person Sunday Mass attendance is back to pre-pandemic levels -- but it's still just at 24%, according to the Center for Appli...
Religious Liberty, Transgender Sports Ban, "Beautiful Profession" of Health Care
Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic stories of the day for February 6, 2025. In this episode: President Donald Trump announced plans to investigate "anti-Christian bias" in the federal government, and to launch a president...
Sweden Shooting, JD Vance on Religious Freedom, Catholic Educator Awards
Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic stories of the day for February 5, 2025. In this episode: Pope Francis expresses his sorrow over Sweden's worst mass shooting. Vice President JD Vance defends US foreign aid cuts while s...
Sodalitium Shutdown, Ukraine Resilience, Mary on the Mountain
Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic stories of the day for February 4, 2025. In this episode: Pope Francis suppresses the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae, a controversial lay movement that was the subject of a Vatican abuse i...
Children's Rights, Philly Jet Crash, World Marriage Day
Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic stories of the day for February 3, 2025. In this episode: Pope Francis assembles experts at the Vatican for a children's rights summit. Archbishop Nelson J. Pérez of Philadelphia calls f...
Martyrs Shrine, RFK Jr. Hearings, Marriage Annulments
Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic stories of the day for January 31, 2025. In this episode: The U.S. Catholic bishops have designated Our Lady of Martyrs in Auriesville, New York -- the birthplace of St. Kateri Tekakwith...
DC Air Crash, Visually Impaired Catholics, Wounded by the Church
Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic stories of the day for January 30, 2025. In this episode: Catholic bishops, Pope Francis and other faith leaders call for prayers after a deadly aviation collision in the nation's capita...
Latin American Bishops on Trump Deportations, Consecrated Life, Lunar New Year
Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic stories of the day for January 29, 2025. In this episode: Latin American Catholic bishops and leaders react to Trump administration deportations of migrants from their countries. Ahead o...
Holocaust Remembrance, Confessional Seal, Spiritual Strength in Sickness
Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic stories of the day for January 28, 2025. In this episode: A Polish Cardinal reflects on God's suffering amid the horrors of the Holocaust. Participants at the March for Life share their ...
Vance v US Bishops on Immigration, Catholic Social Ministry, Holocaust Remembrance
Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic stories of the day for January 27, 2025. In this episode: Vice President JD Vance accuses the U.S. Catholic bishops of placing financial interest over what he called "common sense immigr...
March for Life 2025, ICE Arrest Reax, Spiritual Abuse, Catholic Schools Week
Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic stories of the day for January 24, 2025. In this episode: Vice President JD Vance addressed tens of thousands at the 52nd annual national March for Life today. A retired Philadelphia pri...
JD Vance at March for Life, Abortion Poll, Bishops on Trump Immigration, Cleveland Pilgrims
Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic stories of the day for January 23, 2025. In this episode: Vice President JD Vance will speak at the national March for Life Jan. 24. A new survey from Knights of Columbus-Marist Poll sho...
Immigration Arrest Changes, IVF Dangers, Polish Religious Ed Cuts, Mary Our Model
Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic stories of the day for January 22, 2025. In this episode: Catholic immigration advocates are gravely concerned about Trump administration changes that would allow immigrants to be arrest...
Trump Birthright Citizenship, Anguish at the Border, Notre Dame Football Faith
Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic stories of the day for January 21, 2025. In this episode: Advocacy groups team up to file a legal challenge against President Donald Trump's order eliminating birthright citizenship, whi...
Trump Inauguration, Israel-Hamas Ceasefire, MLK Day, Texas Archbishop
Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic stories of the day for January 20, 2025. In this episode: President Donald Trump is inaugurated, and Pope Francis sends greetings amid concerns over the new presidents plans for mass dep...
Syria Christians, Israel-Hamas Ceasefire, Notre Dame Football
Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic stories of the day for January 17, 2025. In this episode: Syria's Christians remain cautious but hopeful as the HTS government, which overthrew longtime dictator Bashar al-Assad, promise...
Clerical Abuse, Religious Liberty, Aid to LA Fire Victims
Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic stories of the day for January 16, 2025. In this episode: A new 20-year report from the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University shows that real progress ha...
Israel-Gaza Ceasefire, Rising Christian Persecution, Hope in Ending Clerical Abuse
Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic stories of the day for January 15, 2025. In this episode: A ceasefire and hostage exchange in the Israel-Hamas War, rising Christian persecution worldwide, and moments of faith and inspi...
Mass Deportation Fears, Pope Francis' Autobiography and the Rosary in a Year
Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic stories of the day for January 14, 2025. In this episode: Annunciation House, a Catholic nonprofit, goes before the Texas Supreme Court to defend its work on behalf of immigrants at the ...
LA Fires and Faith, Nigerian Nuns Freed, Hope for Abortion Healing
Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic stories of the day for January 13, 2025. In this episode: Faithful turn to Our Lady of Champion and other intercessors as the LA wildfires continue, while two kidnapped nuns in Nigeria w...