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Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for June 29, 2026. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com.

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• Over 2,500 Catholics, united and proud in their faith, marching through Boston and bringing the real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist to everyone in their midst, led by their archbishop and dozens of priests, praying the rosary in a place where the celebration of Mass was once illegal. 
• Five Catholic bishops from the United States-Mexico border region led a day of pastoral accompaniment in Nogales, Arizona, and Nogales, Mexico, June 26 as the United States approaches its 250th birthday as a nation.
• On the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul, Pope Leo XIV personally placed the pallium on the shoulders of 35 metropolitan archbishops, urging them to follow the example of the patron saints of Rome in being "builders of unity" and "servants of the truth in charity." 
• Cardinals concluded a two-day extraordinary consistory June 27, saying Pope Leo XIV's decision to convene the College of Cardinals twice in six months has already strengthened unity by helping cardinals get to know one another. 
• Pope Leo XIV is calling for global solidarity and sending financial aid to Venezuela after the strongest twin earthquakes to strike the nation in over a century left at least 1,450 people dead.

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Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for June 26, 2026. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com.

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• Pope Leo XIV opened the second extraordinary consistory of his pontificate June 26, urging cardinals to help him discern what the Holy Spirit is saying to the Church today and reminding them they are not "guardians of particular interests," but disciples called to communion in Christ. 
• The Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales has issued an unreserved apology and renewed its commitment to a zero-tolerance policy for abuse following the arrest and charging of a local prelate.
• Four American archbishops are in Rome to receive the pallium from Pope Leo XIV during the June 29 Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul.
• Catholic leaders are warning the Supreme Court's decision allowing the Trump administration to deport more than 330,00 Haitians and some 6,100 Syrians under protected status in the U.S. will have dire consequences -- including for the U.S. itself.
• The relics of the French nun to whom Christ revealed his Sacred Heart will be available for public veneration in the U.S. at a number of locations, as the nation -- newly consecrated to the Sacred Heart -- marks its 250th anniversary. 

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Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for June 25, 2026. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com.

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• Catholic leaders across the world are pledging prayers and support, as the strongest earthquakes to strike Venezuela in more than a century have killed at least 188 people dead and left over 1,500 injured.
• The traditionalist Society of St. Pius X is moving forward with plans to consecrate four new bishops on July 1 without a papal mandate, defying direct warnings from the Vatican.
• The U.S. Supreme Court has issued several rulings, including two that impact immigration, with one decision giving the Trump administration the go-ahead to end deportation protections for eligible Haitians and Syrians in the U.S. 
• Catholic permanent deacons -- who in 2025 numbered more than 21,000 in the U.S., with close to 15,000 in active ministry -- "bring a spirit of renewal and encouragement to the missionary ministry of the Church," said Archbishop Ronald A. Hicks of New York, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Clergy, Consecrated Life and Vocations.
• As the Trump administration moves to seize a diocesan pilgrimage site for the border wall, bishops from New Mexico and Texas are calling on the faithful to join them for a June 28 Mass on the mountain.
  
  

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Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for June 24, 2026. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com.

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• On the fourth anniversary of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. bishops and pro-life leaders pointed to abortion pills as among key challenges  for the cause of protecting the right to life of unborn children. 
• Tickets to the September 2026 beatification of Venerable Fulton J. Sheen are quickly being snapped up, and the $15-$25 per-person price is due to the "substantial costs" in planning and holding the event at a national-level venue, Bishop Louis Tylka of Peoria, Illinois, told OSV News. 
• German lay Catholic groups are vowing to press forward with demands to preach at Mass, directly defying a Vatican rejection of the proposal.
• Catholic leaders in Sudan are renewing calls to end violence against civilians after the killing of Father Youhanna Al-Amin, a priest serving in the Diocese of El-Obeid. 
• Participation in the Eucharist transforms believers into the Body of Christ and offers a remedy to the divisions affecting families and communities, Pope Leo XIV said during his weekly general audience June 24.

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Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for June 23, 2026. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com.

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• The Vatican has released the official schedule for Pope Leo XIV's upcoming extraordinary consistory, giving a clear glimpse into the major themes guiding his papacy.
• As Pakistan's religious minorities continue to face rights violations, that nation's Catholic bishops are fostering hope the faithful can live out their convictions with confidence.
• The bishops of France are urging the faithful to take part in a prayer novena that began June 21, as lawmakers move closer to a pivotal vote on legislation that could permanently legalize assisted dying. 
• The Archdiocese of Chicago has been given the go-ahead to proceed with its countersuit against abuse settlement claimants who received payouts or had pending settlements after filing allegedly false claims.
• Although the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear its case and the land has been transferred, an Indigenous coalition seeking to protect its sacred site at Oak Flat in Arizona from destruction by a copper mining giant continues its legal efforts. 

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

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1. Speaking at U.N. World Food Program headquarters in Rome, Pope Leo XIV criticized global priorities that favor weapons and conflict over feeding the hungry, calling access to food a fundamental human right. 
2. During a visit to the hometown of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, Pope Leo highlighted her legacy of serving migrants and challenged young people to follow her example of faith-filled missionary service. 
3. In a video message marking the 50th anniversary of the Steubenville Youth Conferences, Pope Leo encouraged young Catholics to seek fulfillment in God rather than social media, material success, or popular culture. 
4. The Diocese of Las Cruces is continuing its legal fight against federal efforts to acquire land at Mount Cristo Rey, arguing the project would violate religious freedom and damage a sacred place of prayer. 
5. Celebrating Mass at the Shrine of Our Lady of the Mount in Anjara, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa urged pilgrims to trust in God’s providence and look ahead to the 2030 jubilee marking 2,000 years since Jesus’ baptism.

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Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for June 19, 2026.  Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com.

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• Catholic leaders expressed cautious optimism about an end to the conflict in the Middle East after members of the Trump administration and Iranian officials signed a memorandum of understanding, a tentative framework to end the war in Iran. 
• A majority of U.S. Catholics view Pope Leo XIV favorably, and just over half say President Donald Trump has been too critical of the pontiff, according to new data from the Pew Research Center. 
• Juneteenth and the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence provided the context for a June 15 online discussion on the importance of acknowledging the nation's racial history honestly so the work of justice and equality can continue.
• Archbishop James F. Checchio of New Orleans said his archdiocese's June 13-14 consecration to the Sacred Heart, which followed a consecration of the U.S. by the nation's Catholic bishops, is a way of bringing healing and hope to the New Orleans faithful after long-running clerical abuse scandals and bankruptcy.

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

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1. Pope Leo XIV declared Mother Mary Teresa Tallon venerable today, advancing the sainthood cause of the New York-born foundress of the Parish Visitors of Mary Immaculate alongside 20 Spanish Civil War martyrs, in a meeting with the prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints.
2. Pope Leo XIV received the board of governors of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in a private Vatican audience today, urging the diverse academic community to be "artisans of true peace" and a beacon of hope in a world increasingly defined by division and pointed rhetoric.
3. Ahead of Religious Freedom Week, which runs June 22nd through 29th, a USCCB expert explained that protecting religious liberty is ultimately about safeguarding human dignity — the God-given right of every person to seek God freely and live out their faith in the public square.
4. Philadelphia theater professor Darrin Pufall Purdy's painstaking reconstruction of the habits of the Sisters of Charity of New York — interviewing sisters and combing through archives to recover a nearly undocumented piece of Catholic heritage — earned him the commission to costume a 2024 Broadway revival of "Doubt: A Parable."
5. OSV News Editor-in-Chief Gretchen R. Crowe has been named publisher of Our Sunday Visitor Inc., becoming the first woman to hold that role in the Catholic organization's 114-year history while continuing to lead OSV News, effective June 22nd.

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

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• The Catholic faithful and all people of goodwill in Canada have been called "to voice renewed concern" about the country's Medical Assistance in Dying law, now in place for a decade.
• A Catholic expert on artificial intelligence is commending recent calls by AI research firm Anthropic to rein in the technology amid a significant acceleration in its growth. 
• Reflecting on his weeklong trip to Spain, Pope Leo XIV said one of his clearest impressions came from the Canary Islands, where migration revealed both the challenges facing Europe and what he described as a Christian path toward a "civilization of love." 
• Catholics in the Diocese of Wilmington rose early June 12 for 6 a.m. Eucharistic Procession led by Bishop William E. Koenig on Ocean City, Maryland's boardwalk.
• Deacon Jim Scull and a small team of deacons from the Diocese of San Diego launched the Million Meal Event five years ago. 

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

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1. Organizers declared Pope Leo XIV's weeklong Spain visit an overwhelming success, drawing 2.5 million participants and generating an expected economic impact of over $174 million — capped by a dramatic final-day mechanical failure that prompted King Felipe VI to fly the pope back to Rome on his royal jet.
2. Pope Leo XIV reflected Saturday on the June 6th beatification of nine Polish Salesian priests killed at Auschwitz and Dachau during World War II, honoring their enduring legacy as educators, mentors and witnesses of hope who were targeted by the Nazis precisely for forming young people in faith and freedom.
3. A new Pew Research Center report released Sunday found that religious hostility spiked in more countries in 2023 and that governments have been steadily cracking down on religious belief and expression since 2007, with China, Iran and Russia among the highest restrictors and Nigeria and India recording the worst social hostilities.
4. Catholics in downtown Chicago expressed sorrow and shock this week after a burning cross was discovered at Grant Park on June 9th, prompting Cardinal Blase Cupich to condemn what he called "the sickness of spirit" behind such acts and to pledge renewed efforts to proclaim the Gospel dignity of every human person.
5. Homeboy Industries, the acclaimed Los Angeles gang-intervention program founded by Jesuit Father Greg Boyle, and Georgetown University's McCourt School of Public Policy have launched a $100 million fundraising campaign to expand the organization and build a new Father Gregory Boyle Center for Radical Kinship at the heart of a visionary reentry initiative called Hope Village.