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Jesuit School Shooting in Philippines, Polish Pilgrims Killed in Crash, Music at Mass, and More
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Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for Aug. 19, 2026. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com.
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- A shooting in a Jesuit-run school in the Philippines, which saw a student kill a fellow student before killing himself, sparked shock and reignited alarm over juvenile delinquency and campus security.
- Pope Leo XIV and church leaders in Poland and Hungary are mourning 12 Polish pilgrims killed in a bus crash in eastern Hungary while returning from the Marian shrine of Medjugorje.
- Singing and playing music during the liturgy is an integral and necessary part of the celebration, which means it is much more than something "decorative," Pope Leo XIV said.
- Technology use is commonplace in U.S. Catholic schools, but as more studies show the harms of heavy tech use in the classroom and beyond, some schools are starting to pull back.
- Pope Leo XIV has appointed three U.S.-based consultors, all with ties to the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, to the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development.
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