Spokane Bishop Prays Amid Wildfires, Lost Augustinian Sermons Found, Notre Dame Seminary Report, 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 August 4, 2026. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com.Read the stories in this episode:Bishop Thomas Daly of Spokane called for prayer as wildfires displaced more than 65,000 people across Washington state, with at least one of the three Spokane Complex fires believed to be human-caused.Notre Dame law professor Rick Garnett called Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier's letter demanding Catholic schools adopt vaccine religious exemptions or lose voucher funding "a glaring and dangerous government overreach" that violates First Amendment protections.Catholic groups nationwide, including a Kentucky parish ministry aiming for 1,000 rosaries, are crafting World Mission Rosaries to distribute to pilgrims at Archbishop Fulton Sheen's September 24th beatification in St. Louis.A new University of Notre Dame report offers 12 recommendations for improving seminarian formation, emphasizing psychological services, special needs support, and fostering healthy chastity and celibacy among future priests.Scholars identified two previously unknown sermons by St. Augustine in a 12th-century manuscript in Pelplin, Poland, revealing his openness to multiple interpretations of difficult biblical passages and his emphasis on God's mercy.