OSV Newscast

Catch up on the Catholic news of the day with OSV News, featuring top stories from the Vatican, the U.S. and across the world. At OSV News, we've got the Church covered.

OSV Newscast is a news podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 435 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Annunciation Shooting Anniversary, Rupnik Murals Covered, Catholic Education as Hope, and More

  Aug 21, 20268 min

  Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for Aug. 21, 2026. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com . Read the stories in this episode: Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda of St. Paul and Minneapolis presided Aug. 19 at Mass ahead of a panel discussion with members of Minneapolis' Annunciation Catholic School community recounting their experiences following a fatal shooting during an all-school Mass Aug. 27, 2025. All mosaics created by disgraced former Jesuit artist Father Marko Rupnik on the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary in Lourdes will be covered ahead of Pope Leo XIV's September visit and remain hidden indefinitely . Pope Leo XIV is urging lawmakers worldwide to establish strong guardrails for artificial intelligence, warning that unchecked technological progress risks eroding human dignity. Pope Leo XIV met with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun at the Vatican on Aug. 20 as church officials voiced deep concern over stalled efforts to secure peace along the Lebanon-Israel border. Catholic education is "an act of hope" that demands a holistic commitment from parents, clergy and teachers to form children in the truth of Christ's love, said Bishop Earl K. Fernandes of Columbus, Ohio.

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  Pope Leo on Creation, Ukraine Nuncio Asks for Prayer and a Fête-Dieu du Teche in the Bayou

  Aug 20, 20266 min

  Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Maggie Murray of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for August 20, 2026. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com. Read the stories in this episode: Pope Leo XIV called war and environmental destruction symptoms of a deeper moral crisis in his message for the World Day of Prayer for Creation, urging a spiritual conversion that redirects resources from destruction to caring for the poor. Arizona's Supreme Court issued a second ruling on clergy-penitent privilege, prompting canon law experts to clarify that while conversations outside the confessional may lose legal protection, the sacramental seal of confession itself remains absolutely inviolable. Eighty clergy from the Archdiocese of Bogotá departed on a five-day "Spiritual First Aid" mission to earthquake-devastated Colombian cities, offering prayer, pastoral support and reconciliation to survivors as the death toll reached 319. Papal nuncio Archbishop Visvaldas Kulbokas told OSV News that prayer remains Ukraine's "number one weapon" against Russian aggression, warning that spiritual despair would be a more tragic defeat than the war itself. Thousands gathered along Louisiana's Bayou Teche for the Fête-Dieu du Teche, a 40-mile Eucharistic boat procession retracing the path of exiled Acadian Catholics and celebrating both the Assumption and Cajun heritage.

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  Jesuit School Shooting in Philippines, Polish Pilgrims Killed in Crash, Music at Mass, and More

  Aug 19, 20267 min

  Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for Aug. 19, 2026. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com. Read the stories in this episode: A shooting in a Jesuit-run school in the Philippines, which saw a student kill a fellow student before killing himself, sparked shock and reignited alarm over juvenile delinquency and campus security. Pope Leo XIV and church leaders in Poland and Hungary are mourning 12 Polish pilgrims killed in a bus crash in eastern Hungary while returning from the Marian shrine of Medjugorje. Singing and playing music during the liturgy is an integral and necessary part of the celebration, which means it is much more than something "decorative," Pope Leo XIV said. Technology use is commonplace in U.S. Catholic schools, but as more studies show the harms of heavy tech use in the classroom and beyond, some schools are starting to pull back. Pope Leo XIV has appointed three U.S.-based consultors, all with ties to the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, to the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development.

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  The Women Behind Fulton Sheen's Missionary Operation, Taybeh Under Threat and San Antonio Priest Excommunicated

  Aug 18, 20266 min

  Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Maggie Murray of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for August 18, 2026. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com. Read the stories in this episode: Pope Leo XIV offered prayers and consolation for Zimbabwe after an overloaded ferry capsized on Lake Kariba, killing at least 92 people, with local bishops coordinating pastoral care for grieving families. Residents of Taybeh, the West Bank's last fully Christian village, face escalating settler harassment and threats to their olive harvest, prompting Pope Leo XIV to renew his call for a two-state solution. USCCB education director John DeJak highlighted the nation's nearly 5,800 Catholic schools serving 1.7 million students as a new school year begins, emphasizing parents' obligation to form children in the faith. Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller announced the laicization and excommunication of Father John Mary Foster, found guilty of schism for calling Popes Francis and Leo XIV "usurpers" and defying archdiocesan authority. Ahead of Archbishop Fulton Sheen's September beatification, OSV News highlighted the largely forgotten women who sustained his missionary fundraising operation for sixteen years as national director of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith.

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  Pope Leo on True Beauty, West Bank Violence Appeal, LCWR Assembly Closes and Catholic Scouts Jamboree Mass

  Aug 17, 20266 min

  Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless! Maggie Murray of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for August 17, 2026. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com. Read the stories in this episode: Pope Leo XIV said true beauty is found in enduring love rather than worldly aesthetics during his Feast of the Assumption homily, pointing to weary parents and devoted grandparents as modern reflections of Mary's love. Pope Leo XIV expressed deep sadness and offered spiritual solidarity to Indonesia after a magnitude 7.7 earthquake killed at least 53 people and displaced nearly 5,500, prompting the Archdiocese of Ende to move Masses outdoors. Pope Leo XIV renewed his call to end escalating West Bank violence and pursue a two-state solution after Israeli settler attacks surged against Taybeh, one of the region's last Christian villages. LCWR president Sister Vicky Larson urged Catholic sisters to "lead by listening" as their annual Orlando assembly closed, with Sister Debra Sciano beginning her term as the new president representing two-thirds of US women religious. More than 2,000 Catholic Scouts gathered for an outdoor Mass at Scouting America's National Jamboree in West Virginia, with Bishop Evelio Menjívar calling the joyful liturgy "always a sign of hope."

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