Bishops Urge SNAP Action, Sudan Alarms, Liturgy of the Hours in Parishes, and More

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Peter Jesserer Smith, national news editor of OSV News, catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for Oct. 28, 2025. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com.

In this episode:

• The U.S. bishops urged lawmakers to fund federal food assistance before a looming deadline risks disrupting benefits for more than 40 million people. 
  
  
• At a time when so many people and the planet are suffering, the world's religions need to come together to promote truth, compassion, reconciliation, justice and peace, Pope Leo XIV said.
  
  
• Catholic leaders are raising alarms after the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces claimed to have captured Sudanese El-Fasher, the besieged capital of North Darfur.
  
  
• President Donald Trump's ceasefire agreement in Gaza was tested as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the Israeli military to conduct strikes in Gaza after his government alleged Hamas violated a White House-backed ceasefire agreement. 
  
  
• Ahead of a new translation of the Liturgy of the Hours, liturgical experts are encouraging parishes and other Catholic communities to embrace this public prayer of the whole church.