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California Bishops on Marriage, Pope Leo on Ukraine, Sudan Cholera Outbreak, and More


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Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for Aug. 25, 2025. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com.

In this episode:

  • California's Catholic bishops are teaming up with a national marriage ministry to strengthen family life throughout the state

  • As the Trump administration seeks to implement its hardline immigration policies, it has prompted increasing alarm from Catholic immigration advocates. 

  • Marking Ukraine's Independence Day, Pope Leo XIV pledged his prayers for the Ukrainian people in a message to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and encouraged Catholics to respond to Ukrainian religious leaders' request for prayers for peace.

  • Catholic Church leaders are sounding the alarm over a deadly cholera outbreak sweeping across South Sudan and Sudan.

  •  In the heart of southern Africa, more than 200 catechists -- many of them laywomen -- are now equipped to share the Catholic faith, thanks to the generosity of fellow Catholics in the U.S.


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