Pope Leo Speaks to Trafficking Survivors, USCCB Updates Child Protection Charter, Bishop Condemns Belfast Riots, and More

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 June 11, 2026. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com.Read the stories in this episode:Pope Leo XIV delivered a profound message of dignity and hope to human trafficking survivors at the Port of Arguineguín in Spain's Canary Islands, declaring that "human dignity has no passport" and that God recognizes the inestimable worth of every person regardless of how they have been exploited or harmed.The U.S. Catholic bishops voted yesterday at their Orlando plenary assembly to update their landmark 2002 Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People, strengthening key definitions and announcing that a separate document will be developed to address clergy abuse of vulnerable adults.Bishop Alan McGuckian of Down and Connor condemned violent anti-migrant riots that gripped Belfast for a second consecutive night, as the stabbing victim's own family expressed disgust at rioters targeting residents by skin color and burning vehicles and homes.President Trump signed the $70 billion Secure America Act into law yesterday, funding ICE and CBP through the end of his term — without any of the migrant family protections or sensitive-location safeguards that Catholic bishops and advocates had urged Congress to include.French Church leaders have released details of Pope Leo XIV's September 25th through 28th apostolic journey to France, confirming stops at a reopened Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, the Marian shrine of Lourdes, and the Franco-German reconciliation city of Metz — with a possible visit to a palliative care facility amid France's assisted-dying debate.