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134 episodes
Jerusalem Priest on Iran Strikes, Acutis and Frassati Canonizations, Kidnapped Ukrainian Kids
Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for June 13, 2025. In this episode: Jesuit Father John Paul, rector of the Tantur Ecumenical Institute in Jerusalem, shares how he focuses on supporting Palestinians and ...
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Air India Crash, Vatican and Ukraine's Missing Kids, Archbishop Gomez on Peace Amid LA Protests
Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for June 12, 2025. In this episode: Pope Leo XIV expresses his condolences over the loss of at least 241 following the crash of an Air India jet shortly after takeoff fro...
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Ukraine Cathedral Attack, Nigerian Priest Kidnapped, Pope Leo XIV Meets UN Head
Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for June 11, 2025. In this episode: A massive Russian drone assault on Ukraine yesterday killed at least 7 and injured 13, while damaging Holy Wisdom Cathedral - St. Soph...
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Austria School Shooting, Buffalo Diocese Bankruptcy, New York Assisted Suicide
Gina Christian catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for June 10, 2025. In this episode: Catholic bishops in Austria call for prayer as a school shooting kills 9 and injures 12. Parishes in the Diocese of Buffalo, New York, will soon b...
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Pope Leo on Pentecost, Archbishop Gomez on LA ICE Protests, Rupnik Art Comes Down
Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for June 9, 2025. In this episode: Pope Leo XIV, speaking in his Pentecost homily, said the Holy Spirit "breaks down barriers and tears down the walls of indifference and...
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Florida Execution, Washington Archdiocese Layoffs, Pope Leo XIV's First Month
Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for June 6, 2025. In this episode: As the state of Florida moves forward with another scheduled execution on June 10, retired Bishop Felipe Estévez of St. Augustin...
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SCOTUS on Catholic Charities, Russia Losing Religious Freedom, Blessed Carlo Acutis LEGO Video
Gina Christian of OSV News. catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for June 5, 2025. In this episode: The Supreme Court unanimously ruled in favor of the Catholic Charities Bureau of the Diocese of Superior, Wisconsin in a case affirmin...
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Trump and EMTALA, Uganda Martyrs, Australian Catholics on the Rise
Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for June 4, 2025. In this episode: The Trump administration announced that it would revoke Biden-era guidance to the nation's hospitals directing them to perform abortion...
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Eucharistic Pilgrimage Protests, Sacred Heart of Jesus, Beatboxing Nuns
Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for June 3, 2025. In this episode: Catholics are being urged to attend National Eucharistic Pilgrimage events in large numbers as anti-Catholic protests grow along the 3,...
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Pope Leo XIV on Families, Charlotte Latin Mass, Cincinnati Church Fire
Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for June 2, 2025. In this episode: Pope Leo XIV describes families as the cradle of humanity's future. Polish nuns martyred during the Second World War are beatified. The...
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Deportation Protections Paused, Gaza's Human Catastrophe, Little Flower Relics Tour
Gina Christian catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for May 30, 2025. In this episode: The Supreme Court has allowed President Donald Trump's administration to end deportation protections for more than 500,000 immigrants from Cuba, Ha...
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Washington Bishops Sue, Third Country Deportations, Pope Leo XIV and Pro-Life Cause
Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for May 29, 2025. In this episode: Washington State's Catholic bishops sue over a new law that would make clergy mandated reporters and violate the seal of confession. Ca...
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Apache Stronghold, Holy See on Civilian Casualties, Pope Leo XIV Style
Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for May 28, 2025. In this episode: The Supreme Court turned down the Apache Stronghold organization's request to plead for the protection of sacred lands from mining, in ...
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Catholic Foster Care, Harvard Catholics on Visa Ban, Belarus Priest Imprisoned
Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for May 27, 2025. In this episode: As the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision -- which sent the issue of abortion back to the states -- reaches its third anniversary, Catholic...
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Prayers for Slain Israeli Embassy Staffers, SCOTUS on Catholic Charter School, Pope Leo XIV and Anti-Trafficking
Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for May 22, 2205. In this episode: Cardinal Timothy Dolan and Bishop Michael Burbidge are among Catholic leaders calling for prayers after a young couple, both Israeli em...
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Father Mike Schmitz Tour, Mexico Massacres, Pope Leo XIV First General Audience
Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for May 21, 2025. In this episode: Father Mike Schmitz, hit podcaster and youth minister, has a new "Parables" tour coming to a city near you. Delaware becomes the 11th s...
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Trump on Ukraine-Russia Talks at Vatican, Take It Down Act, Chicago to Celebrate Pope Leo
Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for May 20, 2025. In this episode: President Donald Trump said prospects for talks between Ukraine and Russia at the Vatican look promising. The Take It Down Act, signed ...
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Pope Leo Gets Right to Work, Trump's Letter to Leo, and 100 Years of St. Therese
Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for May 19, 2025. In this episode: Following his papal inauguration yesterday, Pope Leo XIV is getting straight to work, holding meetings with interfaith and ecumenical l...
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PopeCast from Rome: Pope Leo XIV's Inauguration and What It Means
Gina Christian talks with OSV News editor-in-chief Gretchen Crowe and international editor Paulina Guzik -- who have been on the ground in Rome since the death of Pope Francis -- about the May 18, 2025 inauguration Mass of Pope Leo XIV -- what ...
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Middle East Catholics on Trump, Pope Leo XIV and Ukraine, Holy See Diplomats
Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for May 16, 2025. In this episode: Catholic leaders in the Middle East call for humanitarian aid, as U.S. President Donald Trump signs high-dollar arms and trade deals wi...
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PopeCast: What's Behind the Papal Inauguration of Leo XIV?
Pope Leo XIV will be inaugurated on May 18, 2025. But what's a papal inauguration, and how did this ritual come about? Find out as Gina Christian of OSV News asks church historian Thomas Noble, professor emeritus at the University of Notre Dame...
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Birthright Citizenship, Nashville Immigration Crackdown, Pope Leo and Eastern Catholics
Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for May 15, 2025. In this episode: The Supreme Court hears oral argument on denying birthright citizenship for some children born in the U.S. to non-citizen parents; an i...
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Pope Leo XIV and Death Penalty, US Bishops Pastoral, Sinner and the Pope
Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for May 14, 2025. In this episode: Catholic anti-death penalty advocates hope that Pope Leo XIV will uphold Pope Francis' legacy on calling for the abolition of capital p...
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Pope Leo XIV: Chicago Faves, Jewish-Catholic Relations, Augustinian Roots
Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for May 13, 2025. In this episode: A look at Pope Leo XIV's Chicago roots, with his brother Louis Prevost sharing what it was like to grow up with a future leader of the ...
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PopeCast from Rome: Pope Leo's First Days on the Job
Gina Christian talks with OSV News editor-in-chief Gretchen Crowe, international editor Paulina Guzik, and contributor Michael Heinlein -- all on the ground in Rome -- about the first days of Pope Leo XIV, and what they might indicate about the...
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