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Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for July 7, 2025. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com.

In this episode:

Catholics mourn, offer support, as Texas flood’s catastrophic death toll rises

‘Big Beautiful Bill’ cuts expected to outweigh benefits for low-income families

Bishop Barron: Without an exception, WA abuse law violates religious liberty

Missing priest, murdered missionaries put spotlight on rising anti-Christian violence in Colombia

Augustinian prior opens up about papal vacation, first encyclical, appointments and tennis

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Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for July 3, 2025. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com.

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House approves Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' after Senate passage 

Supreme Court takes up Idaho, West Virginia transgender sports bans

Vatican says documents on Latin Mass 'incomplete'

Vatican officially names panel of judges for canonical trial of Father Marko Rupnik

Town officials vote to buy, renovate Pope Leo XIV's childhood home as historical site

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Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for July 2, 2025. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com.

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176-year-old abortion ban struck down by Wisconsin’s high court

California diocese files for bankruptcy to help reconcile with abuse survivors

French woman hopes sharing mystical encounter with Minnesota Benedictine helps sainthood cause

Congolese church leaders welcome US-brokered peace agreement, warn of its hidden costs

With pope’s support, Vatican to publish document on synod’s final phase

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Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for July 1, 2025. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com.

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• Senate Republicans passed their version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which Catholic bishops have criticized for provisions they called "unconscionable."
• Children are among those who bear "the heaviest toll" in the global rise of armed conflict and "the increasing acceptance of force as a means of resolving disputes," a Vatican diplomat told the United Nations.
• Amid Russia's war on Ukraine, the faith of Ukrainians is being "sorely tested," but God "will have the last word, and life will conquer death," said Pope Leo XIV.
• When Pope Leo XIV gave newly appointed metropolitan archbishops their pallium on the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul, he told them it symbolizes their responsibility to care for their people and to promote unity.
• Bishops from Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean are urging bold climate action ahead of the COP30 summit, calling the climate crisis "an existential issue" in a joint letter.

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Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for June 30, 2025. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com.

• An Idaho pastor told OSV News his parish turned to prayer and Eucharistic adoration, following a deliberate and deadly attack on first responders by a sniper.
  
  
• Democratic State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, who were shot dead in their home June 14, were remembered at their funeral Mass June 28 for living their lives "with purpose and meaning."
  
  
• Archbishops around the world can provide by their example the fraternity and unity in diversity the entire Catholic Church needs today, Pope Leo XIV said during his homily at Mass on the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul.
  
  
• A major shakeup in Polish Catholic media has led to the dramatic resignation of the longtime head of the Catholic Information Agency, KAI, after he blasted the proposed reforms by Poland's bishops as illegal and reminiscent of "totalitarian times."
  
  
• Catholic faithful can now live -- or relive -- some of the experience of the 2024 National Eucharistic Congress with the release of live music recordings from the five-day gathering's revival sessions.

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Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for June 27, 2025. In this episode:

• Twenty U.S. Catholic bishops have joined an interfaith effort opposing Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act, calling it a "moral failure," while the U.S. bishops' conference advocated for "drastic changes." 
  
  
• The U.S. Supreme Court on June 27 limited the ability of federal judges to issue nationwide injunctions in a case concerning the Trump administration's executive on birthright citizenship for children. 
  
  
• A new report shows the rate of abortions in the U.S. continued to increase in 2024 following the Supreme Court's reversal of Roe v. Wade, facilitated by a rapid shift to telehealth abortion.
  
  
• The Vatican Observatory attests that "science is not against God" said a Jesuit astrophysicist discussing the nexus of science and spirituality at the Catholic Media Conference in Phoenix. 
  
  
• Priests are called to be embraced and shaped by God's boundless love, and to realize that there is no place for division and hatred of any kind, Pope Leo XIV said during Mass in St. Peter's Basilica June 27, the feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the World Day of Prayer for the Sanctification of Priests.

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Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for June 26, 2025. 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 June 25, 2025. In this episode:

• Peace is "more than just the absence of war," but instead a commitment to human flourishing, the Holy See told the United Nations.
• Pope Leo XIV condemned the suicide bombing at a Damascus church, calling it "a cowardly terrorist attack" as he appealed to the international community not to give up on Syria. 
• A bishop is a man of deep faith who is filled with hope and stays close to his people, Pope Leo XIV said in a reflection with bishops celebrating the Jubilee of Bishops June 25. 
• Catholics across the U.S. are reworking travel plans after the Vatican rescheduled the canonization of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati. 
• Archbishop Richard G. Henning sailed from Gloucester to Boston June 21 and 22 for "Into the Deep," a Corpus Christi procession by boat that brought the Blessed Sacrament to communities by the sea.

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Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for June 24, 2025. In this episode:

• A ceasefire between Israel and Iran appears to be holding for now, after both sides continued attacks after Trump announced the ceasefire.
• Catholic women religious held a demonstration on Capitol grounds urging lawmakers not to cut programs such as Medicaid and SNAP. 
• A new initiative is taking a data-driven look at Catholicism in France.
• Several priests and theologians are taking another look at hell, including a minority view held by certain early Church Fathers.
• Pope Leo XIV led a mediation with hundreds of seminarians and those involved in priestly formation from around the world in St. Peter's Basilica.

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Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for June 23, 2025. In this episode:

• 'Be bold for Jesus': Los Angeles closes out the National Eucharistic Revival
  
  
• Orthodox churches file suit over WA law also being challenged by that state's Catholic bishops
  
  
• 'Each new conflict' in region 'reopens old wounds,' says Chaldean Catholic archbishop in Iraq
  
  
• US bishop urges 'ardent prayer,' end to sectarian violence in Syria after church bombing
  
  
• 'Stop the tragedy of war,' pope says after US bombs Iran

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