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Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for June 24, 2026. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com.

Read the stories in this episode:

• On the fourth anniversary of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. bishops and pro-life leaders pointed to abortion pills as among key challenges  for the cause of protecting the right to life of unborn children. 
• Tickets to the September 2026 beatification of Venerable Fulton J. Sheen are quickly being snapped up, and the $15-$25 per-person price is due to the "substantial costs" in planning and holding the event at a national-level venue, Bishop Louis Tylka of Peoria, Illinois, told OSV News. 
• German lay Catholic groups are vowing to press forward with demands to preach at Mass, directly defying a Vatican rejection of the proposal.
• Catholic leaders in Sudan are renewing calls to end violence against civilians after the killing of Father Youhanna Al-Amin, a priest serving in the Diocese of El-Obeid. 
• Participation in the Eucharist transforms believers into the Body of Christ and offers a remedy to the divisions affecting families and communities, Pope Leo XIV said during his weekly general audience June 24.