Israeli Hostages Freed, Gaza 'Tsunami' of Destruction, Rupnik Trial Judges, and More

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Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for Oct. 13, 2025. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com.

In this episode:

• In a historic breakthrough, all Israeli hostages still held in Gaza have been freed, and 250 Palestinian prisoners released as part of a U.S.-brokered ceasefire, with the release of more Palestinian prisoners to follow. 
  
  
• Meanwhile, displaced Palestinians returning to the northern Gaza Strip found "a tsunami" of destruction, as described by Father Gabriel Romanelli, the Catholic pastor of Holy Family Parish in Gaza City.
  
  
• Three months after Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández said the Vatican had identified the judges who would form the tribunal in the canonical trial against Slovenian Father Marko Rupnik on charges of spiritual and sexual abuse, the judges were formally nominated. 
  
  
• Christians must avoid using their faith to label those who are different -- often the poor -- as enemies to be avoided and rejected, Pope Leo XIV said. 
  
  
• The Archdiocese of Indianapolis is breaking new ground with a first-of-its-kind program in the U.S. aimed at helping formerly incarcerated individuals successfully reenter society.