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Ahead of the Sept. 24 beatification of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, Gina Christian of OSV News takes a look at the life of the beloved, venerable archbishop, who shared the timeless truths of the Gospel of Jesus Christ to a modern audience. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com.

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Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for Sept. 22, 2026. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com.

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• After a man was shot and wounded by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Austin, Texas, on Sept. 20, Bishop Daniel E. Garcia denounced the shooting and called for "a viable immigration policy that respects the rule of law while recognizing the dignity of every person." 
• Renewing American political culture at a time of deep political division and declining trust requires more than better politics, Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore told the National Assembly of the Council of Major Superiors of Women Religious in Florissant. It requires a renewal of human character, relationships and spiritual life, a task to which he said women religious make a unique contribution.
• Cardinal Ladislav Nemet of Belgrade is urging Western governments not to let recent controversy over the funeral of convicted Bosnian Serb wartime leader Ratko Mladić derail Serbia's ties with Europe.
• Pope Leo XIV will travel more than 19,000 miles on 14 flights during a 12-day trip to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru in November, according to the schedule released by the Vatican Sept. 21. 

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Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for Sept. 21, 2026. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com.

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• Pope Leo XIV praised the educational and unifying power of sport as he welcomed a delegation of Italian athletes from the Special Olympics to the Vatican on Sept. 19, encouraging them to follow the example of St. Pier Giorgio Frassati in living holy lives.
• Pope Leo XIV urged Latin American and Caribbean bishops to leave their desks and spend more time with their people, saying true shepherds must personally know and accompany their flock. 
• Ahead of Pope Leo XIV's Sept. 26-27 visit to Lourdes, the shrine has fully covered the mosaics created by former Jesuit artist Father Marko Rupnik, according to sanctuary spokesperson David Torchala. 
• As the Jewish community marked Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish year, Bishop Joseph C. Bambera of Scranton, Pennsylvania, chair of the U.S. Catholic bishops' committee on ecumenical and interreligious dialogue, extended his "warmest wishes," while urging Catholics to reject antisemitism and recall the "deep spiritual bonds" between Jews and Catholics. 

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Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for Sept. 18, 2026. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com.

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• More than a dozen U.S. bishops met with members of Congress on Sept. 16 to urge lawmakers to enact effective safety guardrails on artificial intelligence and to advocate for the passage of a bill that aims to protect children online. 
• Hate speech "contradicts the commandment to love one's neighbor," said Archbishop Christophe Z. el-Kassis, apostolic nuncio and the Holy See's permanent observer to the U.N. He shared his thoughts in a statement during the Sept. 17 "Global Conference on Promoting Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue and Tolerance in Countering Hate Speech." 
• The Catholic Church marked the 24th anniversary of Cardinal François-Xavier Nguyen Van Thuan's death Sept. 16. In an interview with OSV News in Rome earlier this year, his younger sister recalled her favorite memories of her brother, including a moment that forever changed the way that she approaches the Sacrament of Confession.
• Walter Mena, associate director of Hispanic Youth and Young Adult Ministry Leadership at Boston College’s Clough School of Theology and Ministry, credits his faith formation to the sense of community he found growing up in war-torn El Salvador during the 1980s. 
• A new pilgrimage route in honor of St. Francis, the Camino de San Francisco -- inspired by the historic mission trails of California, and coinciding with the Jubilee Year of St. Francis -- has been founded, allowing pilgrims to follow spiritually in the saint's footsteps.

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Maggie Murray of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for Sept. 17, 2026. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com.

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1. Father Brent Bowman explained the viral video showing him weeping during the Eucharistic prayer at a Minnesota Mass, describing a private spiritual experience of Christ's presence that he clarified was not a Eucharistic miracle.
2. Bishop Oscar Cantú of San Jose, head of the U.S. bishops' new AI task force, urged Catholics to educate themselves and speak up about artificial intelligence, saying "everyone needs to make their voice heard."
3. Hundreds gathered at Boys Town, Nebraska, for a Mass of thanksgiving celebrating Pope Leo XIV's recognition of Father Edward Flanagan as Venerable, a key step toward sainthood for the pioneer of youth care.
4. Brazil's National Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida unveiled new mosaics credited to Father Marko Rupnik's studio, contrasting sharply with shrines in Lourdes and Washington that have covered his work out of respect for abuse survivors.
5. Ahead of the September 24th beatification of Venerable Fulton Sheen in St. Louis, U.S. bishops told OSV News his evangelizing power flowed from a deeply rooted life of prayer that remains a model for the Church today.

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Maggie Murray of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for Sept. 16, 2026. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com.

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1. The U.S. bishops met with tech leaders, lobbied lawmakers on Capitol Hill and formed a new task force to safeguard human dignity as artificial intelligence rapidly evolves, echoing Pope Leo XIV's encyclical "Magnifica Humanitas."
2. Advocates and lawmakers urged President Trump to press for the release of imprisoned Hong Kong Catholic publisher Jimmy Lai during Xi Jinping's upcoming White House visit, with Rep. Chris Smith saying Trump "has to be absolutely unmovable."
3. Pope Leo XIV told his weekly general audience that artificial intelligence brings real risks as relationships become more virtual, urging humanity to recognize itself as a single interdependent "human community."
4. Bishops from Mexico, the U.S. and Canada met in Cuernavaca to strengthen cross-border collaboration on migration, evangelization and AI, concluding with a pilgrimage to the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
5. Cardinal Michael Czerny will receive the inaugural Pope Leo XIV Sustainability Medal from the pope himself on October 13th at Castel Gandolfo, an honor created by Villanova University.

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Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for Sept. 15, 2026. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com.

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• Dozens of immigrants detained at Florida's now-shuttered "Alligator Alcatraz" were held in 18-square-foot outdoor cages -- about the same size as telephone booths -- according to a new report by the Department of Homeland Security's inspector general.
• President Donald Trump backed Irish unification during a meeting Sept. 12 with Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin in Dublin, a move that drew praise from a U.S. Irish Catholic fraternal organization, but bucked several decades of precedent for the U.S.'s officially neutral position on the question.
• Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller says he spent a full day on the set of Mel Gibson's upcoming film "The Resurrection of the Christ: Part One," discussing the theology and meaning of Jesus' Resurrection with the Catholic filmmaker. 
• A newly released book, "Truth Heals: Clergy Sexual Abuse and the Catholic Church's Response,” urges the Catholic Church to make communication a core element of safeguarding efforts rather than treating it as a secondary concern.
• Pope Leo XIV has decreed a Jubilee Year to mark the 50th anniversary of the dedication of the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the Archdiocese of Mexico City announced.

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Maggie Murray of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for Sept. 14, 2026. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com.

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1. Pope Leo XIV marked the 25th anniversary of the September 11th attacks during his Sunday Angelus, praying for victims and survivors still bearing wounds from a day that also holds personal significance for the first U.S.-born pope.
2. A federal judge temporarily blocked Illinois from enforcing its new assisted suicide law against Cardinal Blase Cupich, two orders of Catholic sisters and a pharmacist, one day before the law took effect.
3. Catholic University theology professor Chad Pecknold has taken leave to join the Department of Homeland Security as principal director of cultural outreach, raising questions about the role's purpose amid Church criticism of immigration policy.
4. British lawmakers defeated the Terminally Ill Adults Bill by a 286 to 270 vote, with Archbishop John Sherrington praising the coalition of medical professionals, disability advocates and faith groups who opposed it.
5. Twenty years after Pope Benedict XVI's Regensburg address, Church leaders told OSV News the widely misinterpreted speech remains a prophetic defense of faith and reason against violence, fundamentalism and technological dehumanization.

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Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for Sept. 11, 2026. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com.

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• Healing, peace, justice and unity do not "just happen. We have to work for it," Archbishop Ronald A. Hicks of New York said in his homily at his first Sept. 11 memorial Mass since becoming New York's archbishop. 
• Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, has urged the Trump administration to end mass deportations to Haiti.
• Pope Leo XIV will put Europe and peace at the center of his Sept. 28 visit to Metz, France, during his Sept. 25-28 trip. The northeastern city is closely linked to Robert Schuman, the French statesman and devout Catholic whose sainthood cause is underway.
• Catholic bishops in Mozambique say they remain perplexed and deeply grieved over the lack of answers three months after the assassination of Bishop Osório Citora Afonso.
• On the 25th anniversary of 9/11, friends of Father Mychal Judge are remembering the Franciscan friar and New York City Fire Department chaplain for his ministry to first responders, the poor, the sick and others who were often forgotten. 

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Maggie Murray of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for Sept. 10, 2026. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com.

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1. U.S. Catholic bishops are offering Masses and pastoral reflections marking 25 years since the September 11th attacks, with Archbishop Paul Coakley urging Catholics to renew their commitment to being instruments of peace in a fractured world.
2. Archbishop Charles Thompson of Indianapolis granted a temporary dispensation from the Sunday Mass obligation for Catholics who reasonably fear immigration detention, citing a surge in enforcement activity and the sudden separation of families.
3. The Minnesota Supreme Court heard arguments in a case testing whether a Catholic school can decline to renew the contract of an employee who identified as transgender, with a decision expected in early 2027.
4. Pope Leo XIV told 147 newly ordained bishops from five continents to make room in their hearts for everyone, pointing to his encyclical "Magnifica Humanitas" as a guide for safeguarding humanity in the age of artificial intelligence.
5. American Catholics are already preparing for World Youth Day 2027 in Seoul — the first ever held in mainland Asia and Pope Leo XIV's first as pope — drawn by Korean culture and the chance to see the first American pontiff.