Holy Land Violence Against Christians, Pilgrimage Site Seizure Efforts, Georgia Martyrs, and More

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 July 15, 2026. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com.Read the stories in this episode:Franciscan leaders in the United States are taking their plea public, urging U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio to take decisive diplomatic action against rising Israeli settler violence targeting West Bank Christians. The Diocese of Las Cruces is asking for a jury trial as it challenges the Trump administration's effort to seize land at Mount Cristo Rey, a historic Catholic pilgrimage site in southern New Mexico, for construction of a border wall.Pope Leo XIV's recent lunch with people experiencing homelessness and poverty at Castel Gandolfo has highlighted a model one Catholic organization hopes parishes around the world will adopt. Friar Pedro de Corpa and four fellow Franciscan missionaries, known as the Georgia Martyrs, continue to inspire Catholics more than four centuries after their deaths, as devotion grows ahead of their Oct. 31 beatification in Savannah.