Government Shutdown Fears, Viterbo Attack Scare, Acutis and Frassati Canonizations, and More

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Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for Sept. 5, 2025. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com.

In this episode:

• As lawmakers returned to Washington Sept. 2 from their August recess, they faced a familiar deadline: Passing legislation to fund the federal government after Sept. 30 to prevent a shutdown -- a major concern for Catholic advocates of the poor and vulnerable.
  
  
• Italian police say they’ve prevented what could have been a deadly attack at one of the country’s most cherished Catholic traditions. 
  
  
• As Israeli military operations in Gaza continued, Pope Leo XIV met with Israeli President Isaac Herzog at the Vatican. 
  
  
• The future Christians hope for and must build "is not one of walls and barbed wire, but one of mutual acceptance," Pope Leo XIV told young adult Catholics from more than a dozen Mediterranean countries.
  
  
• One of the first parishes in North America to bear the name "Carlo Acutis" is hosting multiple "Carlo Fest" events related to the first millennial to become a saint ahead of his canonization Sept. 7. 
  
  
• Thousands will gather in St. Peter's Square Sept. 7 for the highly anticipated canonization of two modern saints, Blessed Carlo Acutis and Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati. Here's where to watch.