World Cup Catholics, Pope Leo in South America, Theology of Migration, 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 July 17, 2026. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com.Read the stories in this episode:As Spain and Argentina prepare for the July 19 World Cup final, the match also highlights the Catholic faith shared by both footballing nations.Anticipation is building across South America for Pope Leo XIV's expected visit this November. Promotions of sainthood causes take many directions. For Blessed Solanus Casey, the Capuchin Franciscan Province of St. Joseph decided on a scholarly path with an essay prize for graduate students. Nobel laureates gathered in Rome July 16 praised Pope Leo XIV's encyclical "Magnifica Humanitas" as they signed the Rome Declaration on an Unarmed and Disarming Peace in the Age of Artificial Intelligence and Nuclear Weapons.A "theology of migration" moves us toward "communion with God and with one another," said Holy Cross Father Daniel G. Groody of the University of Notre Dame, a member of the Vatican's Dicastery for the Promotion of Integral Human Development.