Vatican Warns Against Illicit Ordinations, New Mexico Diocese Fights Trump Land Grab, Remembering JP2 Assassination Attempt, 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 May 13, 2026. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com.Read the stories in this episode:Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, head of the Vatican’s doctrinal office, said the traditionalist Society of St. Pius X would commit "a schismatic act" if it proceeds with plans to consecrate new bishops July 1 without papal approval.A New Mexico diocese is citing a breach of religious freedom protections, as it pushes back against the Trump administration's efforts to seize land from a pilgrimage site to build a portion of a border wall. Pope Leo XIV's upcoming address to Spain's parliament is being seen as a historic and potentially unifying moment in one of Europe's most politically polarized countries. Forty-five years after the assassination attempt on St. John Paul II, Pope Leo XIV paused in St. Peter's Square on May 13 to pray at the spot where the Polish pontiff was shot in 1981.Sharing the Gospel means "we must be present in digital spaces," and an annual collection held May 16-17 this year by the nation's Catholic bishops aims to bolster those efforts. (You can donate online to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Catholic Communications Campaign at https://www.igivecatholic.org/story/USCCB-CCC)