Pope Leo on St. John Henry Newman, Vatican to UN on Women as Peace Leaders, Priests Decry 'Genocide in Gaza,' 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 Sept. 4, 2026. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com.Read the stories in this episode:Pope Leo XIV urged scholars from Oxford University's Oriel College to "seek the truth courageously" during a Sept. 4 audience at the Vatican, pointing to St. John Henry Newman as a model of faith and scholarship.Caritas Nepal's leader is urging global action on climate justice after catastrophic flooding in Nepal claimed more than 1,100 lives and left thousands missing.Women must be able to "exercise their leadership" and become "artisans of peace and guardians of life," as the global community fractures and conflicts increase, the Vatican told the United Nations. A network of Catholic priests with more than 2,200 members worldwide has joined growing calls to describe the humanitarian crisis in Gaza as genocide, citing widespread civilian deaths, displacement and destruction in the Palestinian enclave. Catholics in the Diocese of Rochester will soon have a physical link to Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen. A first-class relic of the famed cleric, who led the Rochester Diocese as its sixth bishop (1966-69), is being given to the diocese by Archbishop Sheen's native Diocese of Peoria.