SCOTUS Declines Catholic Vax Case, France Prepares for Pope Leo, Catholic Dissident Returns to Belarus, 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. 9, 2026. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com.Read the stories in this episode:The U.S. Supreme Court on Sept. 8 declined a case from a New York Catholic woman seeking to send her son to kindergarten without receiving the vaccines the state requires to attend public school.Christians can help overcome the many distortions and lies about the true dignity of every human person and, in doing so, promote and defend human life, Pope Leo XIV said.Pope Leo XIV urged Church leaders linked to the Focolare movement to make "giving witness to unity" a priority in a world increasingly marked by polarization and fragmentation. Andrzej Poczobut, a Belarusian Catholic dissident and journalist, returned to Belarus Sept. 8 after five months in exile in Poland, saying he was prepared to risk arrest and urging Western Catholics to remember Christians imprisoned by the Alexander Lukashenka regime.Pope Leo XIV’s Sept. 25-28 visit to France will bring him from Paris to Lourdes and Metz, with major public events, meetings with abuse survivors and a call to protect human dignity, French bishops said.