A Colorado Teen Saint? Plus Religious Worker Visas, Pope Leo Youth Message, and More

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Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for Aug. 15, 2025. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com.

In this episode:

• In Colorado, a teen who died trying to stop a school shooting may be the subject of a sainthood cause. 
  
  
• Some immigrant religious workers are facing legal limbo, and Catholic advocates are pushing the Trump administration to address the backlog in their visa category. 
  
  
• Pope Leo XIV will have a "real-time digital encounter" with participants attending the National Catholic Youth Conference this fall. 
  
  
• Mary's "yes" to God, to life and to love continues "in the martyrs of our time, in witnesses of faith and justice, of gentleness and peace," Pope Leo XIV said as he celebrated Mass on the feast of Mary's Assumption into heaven. 
  
  
• As the calendar marks 100 days of Pope Leo XIV's papacy Aug. 16, experts are scrutinizing his words and actions in hopes of pinpointing his leadership style, priorities and vision for the church's future.