Pope Leo's Prayers for Creation, Gaza School Reopens, Senator Cassidy's Report on the Abortion Pill and and Nashville Seminarians on the Farm

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 September 1, 2026. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com.Read the stories in this episode:Pope Leo XIV dedicated his September prayer intention to the care of water as the Season of Creation begins, calling access to safe drinking water a fundamental human right amid a global crisis affecting 2.1 billion people.The school at Holy Family Parish in Gaza reopened for roughly 1,000 students for the first time since the war began, with Bishop William Shomali calling it a sign that Christian families "are not forgotten and will not be abandoned."Senator Bill Cassidy released a report calling on the FDA to reinstate in-person dispensing requirements for mifepristone and accusing abortion drug manufacturers of failing to meet their legal safety obligations.In his full World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation message, Pope Leo XIV argued that war and environmental destruction share a common root in the human heart, requiring conversion rather than structural reform alone.Nashville seminarians in the propaedeutic stage of formation spent their summer living in tents and working at a Middle Tennessee farm, blending manual labor with morning prayer, silent meals, Eucharistic adoration and daily Mass.