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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 state to legalize assisted suicide, which is gravely contrary to Church teaching. Bishop Bruce Lewandowski has been installed as the 10th bishop of the Diocese of Providence, Rhode Island. Mexico's Catholic bishops condemn recent massacres, including one that killed seven young people at a parish festival. Pope Leo XIV says in his first general audience that the parable of the "wasteful" sower shows God doesn't count the cost when it comes to loving us. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com.

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Father Mike Schmitz "Parables" Tour

Delaware Assisted Suicide Law

Bishop Bruce Lewandowski Installed

Mexico's Catholic Bishops on Massacres

Pope Leo XIV First General Audience

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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 by Trump yesterday, will crack down on online sexual exploitation, with first lady Melania Trump, Catholic women religious and other advocates applauding the move. The 2025 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage has kicked off in Indianapolis, with pilgrims set to travel through numerous states before their arrival in Los Angeles June 22. The Archdiocese of Chicago -- and the city's White Sox baseball team -- are ready to celebrate native son Pope Leo XIV. At Mass today, Pope Leo said at the heart of every vocation, including his own, are God's love, mercy and goodness. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com.

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Trump, the Vatican and Ukraine-Russia Talks

Take It Down Act

2025 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage

Chicago Celebrates Pope Leo XIV

Pope Leo on Vocations

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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 leaders, as well as with U.S. Vice President JD Vance, who passed along a letter from President Donald Trump. The pope's remarks on religious freedom are drawing praise from the U.S. International Commission on Religious Freedom. In France, Catholics celebrate the 100th anniversary of the canonization of St. Thérèse of Lisieux, whose spirituality of simple love towards God and others continues to attract hearts today. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com.

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Pope Leo XIV Inauguration Recap

Pope Leo, JD Vance and a Letter from Trump

Pope Leo and Interreligious and Ecumenical Dialogue

Pope Leo and Religious Freedom

St. Thérèse of Lisieux: 100 Years a Saint

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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 his homily, remarks and gestures might indicate about the future of his papacy, and what the papal transition process as a whole says about the Catholic Church. Tune in and visit us online to read all our new pope coverage at osvnews.com.

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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 with Saudi Arabia and Qatar. Senate confirmation of Trump's pick for Holy See ambassador stalls. Catholic immigration advocates express concern as the man behind "Duck Dynasty" is pitching a reality a show with immigrants competing for citizenship. Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, meets with Pope Leo XIV and invites him to Ukraine. The pope exhorts Holy See-accredited diplomats to promote truth, justice, peace and religious freedom. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com.

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Middle East Catholics and Trump Visit
https://www.osvnews.com/as-trump-returns-from-middle-east-with-massive-arm-deals-patriarch-says-no-to-weapons/

Trump Holy See Pick Stalls
https://www.osvnews.com/senate-protest-over-usaid-closure-snares-vatican-ambassador-pick/

Immigration Reality Show
https://www.osvnews.com/homeland-security-vetting-reality-show-idea-where-immigrants-compete-for-citizenship/

Major Archbishop Shevchuk Meets Pope Leo XIV
https://www.osvnews.com/archbishop-tells-pope-visiting-ukraine-could-help-end-war/

Holy See Diplomats
https://www.osvnews.com/pope-leo-to-diplomats-church-will-always-speak-truth-work-for-justice/

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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, to recount the story. Tune in and visit us at osvnews.com.

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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 immigration crackdown in Nashville, Tenn., has emptied pews at several Spanish-language parishes; U.S. Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, both of whom are Catholic, will attend Pope Leo XIV's inauguration May 18; Pope Leo met with Eastern Catholics yesterday amid their Jubilee pilgrimage to Rome; a pilgrim on the upcoming National Eucharistic Pilgrimage 2025 said the five-week, 3,300-mile journey is "the most radical 'yes'" of her life so far. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com.

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Birthright Citizenship

Vance, Rubio at Papal Inauguration

Pope Leo and Eastern Catholics

Nashville ICE Crackdown Empties Pews

National Eucharistic Pilgrim: The Most Radical Yes

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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 punishment. The nation's Catholic bishops have released an updated version of their 2015 pastoral letter on sexually explicit material and its multifaceted spiritual, psychological, emotional and human consequences. Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Arlington, Virginia, confirms to OSV News it's providing "limited, temporary" support to white South Africans whose refugee claims were expedited by the Trump administration. Cardinal Michael Czerny, the prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, said he's elated that Pope Leo XIV chose a name honoring Pope Leo XIII, the father of Catholic social teaching. Tennis star Jannik Sinner visits fellow tennis player and fan Pope Leo XIV, even bringing him an all-white racket to match his new papal vestments. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com.

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Pope Leo XIV and Death Penalty

US Bishops' Pastoral Letter on Pornography

Catholic Charities of Arlington and Afrikaner Refugees

Cardinal Czerny on Pope Leo XIV's Name Choice

Tennis Star Visits Pope Leo XIV

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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 Catholic Church. The rector of a Rome pontifical university where the pope-to-be took his doctorate reflects on how his formation shaped him to be a successor of St. Peter. Augustinian clergy in Peru recall how the future pope served the people there with a pastoral heart. On the day of his election, Pope Leo XIV sent a message to the American Jewish Committee, pledging to uphold Vatican II's call to cherish the spiritual kinship between Christians and the Jewish people. And a quick look at the Augustinian order that has so profoundly molded Pope Leo. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com.

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Pope Leo's Brother on Chicago Faves

Rector Reflects on Pope Leo

A Heart Made in Peru

Pope Leo and Jewish-Catholic Relations

Augustinians: Who Are They?

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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 future of his papacy. Tune in and visit us online to read all our new pope coverage at osvnews.com.