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Back to EpisodesBishops Push for FDA Abortion Pill Review, Illinois Shrine to Honor Black Catholic Priest, and Lord of the Dance Meets the Pope
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Maggie Murray of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for May 5, 2026. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com.
Read the stories in this episode:
- U.S. bishops are urging the FDA to move quickly on a long-promised safety review of the abortion drug mifepristone amid concerns of delay.
- Plans are underway in Illinois for a national shrine honoring Venerable Augustus Tolton, the first recognized Black Catholic priest in the United States.
- Catholic leaders are raising alarm after reports of damage to a Christian school in Lebanon, warning of growing threats to Christians and sacred sites in the Holy Land.
- Federal authorities have charged a juvenile in a cybercrime-linked swatting attack that disrupted Mass at Villanova University, Pope Leo XIV’s alma mater.
- Irish dancer Michael Flatley reflects on faith and vocation after a personal meeting with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican.