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Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for July 1, 2026. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com.

Read the stories in this episode:

• Despite a personal appeal from Pope Leo XIV, the Society of St. Pius X went ahead July 1 with the unauthorized consecration of four new bishops at its seminary in Écône, Switzerland. 
• Vice President JD Vance said during a June 30 interview that he sees some of the Vatican's views on immigration ​as "troubling."
• A woman religious in McAllen told OSV News the "power of prayer" was key to the release of Sister Letty Ugboaja, who was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement as she walked to Sunday Mass, but foreign-born religious in the area are on their guard after the incident.
• The U.S. Supreme Court on June 30 took up a case regarding whether state and local bans on semiautomatic rifles, sometimes called assault weapons, violate the Second Amendment.
• The Benedictine Confederation has launched a new website to help pilgrims, visitors and spiritual seekers connect with monasteries worldwide as the Church begins a four-year "Journey to Jubilee" leading to the 1,500th anniversary of the founding of Monte Cassino in 2029.