Vatican Synod on Women’s Leadership, Cardinal Sako Resigns, Middle East Christian Crisis and Catholic Peacebuilding Efforts

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 Mar. 11, 2026. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com.Read the stories in this episode:A new Vatican Synod report calls for expanded leadership roles for women in the Catholic Church through a “charismatic path” rooted in baptism and charisms, while maintaining that ordained ministry remains reserved to men.Pope Leo XIV has accepted the resignation of Cardinal Louis Sako as patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church after 13 years of leadership during difficult times for Middle Eastern Christians.Escalating violence across the Middle East is forcing hundreds of thousands from their homes in Lebanon and raising fears among Christian communities in both Lebanon and Iraq of renewed displacement.Experts at a University of Notre Dame conference warned that strengthening U.S. peacebuilding efforts is both a strategic and moral imperative as global conflicts intensify.A Catholic farming initiative run by Edmundite Missions in Alabama is helping small Black farmers gain supplies, training and business guidance to sustain their farms.