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Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for May 12, 2025. In this episode: Pope Leo XIV meets with media in a special May 12 audience, calling for imprisoned journalists to be freed and urging media members to be peacemakers, avoiding bias. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks with the new pope by phone, looking forward to continuing work with the Vatican in securing an end to Russia's war. In Chiclayo, Peru, those whom the new pope served while bishop there are rejoicing. Eastern Christians, including Eastern Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, say they look forward to a deepening of dialogue with the Catholic Church under Pope Leo. Catholic school teacher Brendan Towell recalls a pivotal conversation he had with the future pope, who read a reflection by Towell on the encounter hours ahead of being elected. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com.

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Pope Leo XIV and media

Pope Leo-Zelenskyy call

Chiclayo's own pope

Eastern Christians and Pope Leo

Catholic school teacher and the future pope

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Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for May 9, 2025 -- the first full day for Pope Leo XIV's papacy. Find out more about the new pope, and what the Church and the world think of him. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com.

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Gina Christian talks with OSV News editor-in-chief Gretchen Crowe and international editor Paulina Guzik, both in Rome, about the moment when the Catholic Church and the world learned who had become the 267th pope, the U.S.-born Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost. Tune in and visit us online to read all our new pope coverage at osvnews.com.

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How did the process for choosing a pope 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, which is full of surprises. 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 Wednesday, May 7, 2025 -- the first day of the papal conclave. In this episode: Top cardinals urged the cardinal electors to choose the pope needed for this difficult moment in human history, and to seek the guidance of the Holy Spirit for that daunting task. Cybersecurity expert Theresa Payton described the Vatican's security protocols for the conclave -- which include device bans, mobile service blackouts and military jamming -- as a "gold standard" in preserving confidentiality and privacy. The Trump administration has ordered an investigation into a Washington state law that would require priests to violate the seal of the confessional in reporting abuse. The Supreme Court will allow a Trump administration ban on transgender military. As the conclave continues, "Bible in a Year" podcast host Father Mike Schmitz said faithful should remain in prayer, since the conclave is not an ordinary election but a "spiritual moment." Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com.

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Conclave Day 1 Beginning with the Holy Spirit and 'Black Smoke' 

Sistine Chapel Cybersecurity

Washington State Law and Confessional Seal

Transgender Military Ban

Praying with the Conclave

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Gina Christian talks with OSV News editor-in-chief Gretchen Crowe and international editor Paulina Guzik, both in Rome, about the papal conclave now underway -- the ancient process through which the Catholic Church chooses a pope. Find out what the dean of the College of Cardinals told the prelates at Mass ahead of the voting, and the papal buzz on the streets of Rome. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com.

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LIVE: Countdown to conclave

Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re's homily to the cardinals

Conclave smoke watch

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Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for May 6, 2025. In this episode: On the eve of the conclave, the ring and seal of the late Pope Francis were destroyed, while cardinals held their final pre-conclave meeting. Several Asian cardinals are being eyed as possible candidates for the papacy. In the U.S., a new report estimates how mass deportation plans could leave millions of the nation's citizen children without one or more parents, while the Archdiocese of New Orleans is fighting a possible dismissal of its long and costly bankruptcy case. In his last charitable gesture, Pope Francis donated one of his popemobiles to Gaza, where it will be converted into a mobile medical unit for children. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com.

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Conclave Eve Ceremonies and Final Meeting

Asia's Papabili

Mass Deportations and U.S. Kids

Archdiocese of New Orleans Bankruptcy

Popemobile to Gaza

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Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for May 5, 2025. In this episode: Cardinals meeting ahead of the conclave share their thoughts on the gathering as they explore the challenges facing the Church and the qualities needed in the next pope. Several Catholic bishops speak out after President Donald Trump posted (and the White House reposted) an AI social media image of himself as pope. Ukraine's religious leaders met in Washington with Archbishop Timothy Broglio, head of the U.S. Catholic bishops' conference, urging Americans to "be on the side of truth" in Russia's war on Ukraine. And in Wisconsin -- if you can't get to Rome for a Jubilee Year pilgrimage, a "pilgrim passport" still awaits you at three Marian shrines located in that state. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com.

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"Cardinals on the Street"

Conclave Congregations for May 5

Trump AI Pope Image

Ukrainian Religious Leaders: Be on the Side of Truth

Marian Pilgrim Passport

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Gina Christian speaks with OSV News media reviewer John Mulderig about the film "Conclave." As the real-life conclave to elect the next pope begins, how accurately does this movie -- directed by Edward Berger, and featuring an all-star cast -- reflect what happens behind the doors of the Sistine Chapel? Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com.

Read John Mulderig's review of "Conclave"

Read John Mulderig's analysis of papal conclaves in other films

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Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for May 2, 2025. In this episode: On the National Day of Prayer (May 1), President Donald Trump signed an executive order creating a religious liberty commission. Religious communities near Jerusalem are working to recover after devastating fires scorched some 5,000 acres, with arson believed to be the cause. Cardinals and representatives from the Eastern Catholic churches mourn Pope Francis during a May 2 Mass. Cardinal Joseph Tobin, now in Rome for the conclave, said amid the grieving over Pope Francis' death, there is hope and a sense of urgency. A Maryland pastor said he's got "enormous confidence" in the conclave process, since he witnessed it up close in 2005. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com.

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Trump Religious Liberty Commission

Jerusalem Fires

Eastern Catholics Mourn Pope Francis

Cardinal Tobin: Grief, Urgency and Hope After Francis

Father Smith Goes to the Conclave