The Women Behind Fulton Sheen's Missionary Operation, Taybeh Under Threat and San Antonio Priest Excommunicated

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 18, 2026. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com.Read the stories in this episode:Pope Leo XIV offered prayers and consolation for Zimbabwe after an overloaded ferry capsized on Lake Kariba, killing at least 92 people, with local bishops coordinating pastoral care for grieving families.Residents of Taybeh, the West Bank's last fully Christian village, face escalating settler harassment and threats to their olive harvest, prompting Pope Leo XIV to renew his call for a two-state solution.USCCB education director John DeJak highlighted the nation's nearly 5,800 Catholic schools serving 1.7 million students as a new school year begins, emphasizing parents' obligation to form children in the faith.Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller announced the laicization and excommunication of Father John Mary Foster, found guilty of schism for calling Popes Francis and Leo XIV "usurpers" and defying archdiocesan authority.Ahead of Archbishop Fulton Sheen's September beatification, OSV News highlighted the largely forgotten women who sustained his missionary fundraising operation for sixteen years as national director of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith.