Minnesota Sainthood Cause, Alligator Alcatraz Copycats, Pope Leo's Fast for Peace, and More

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Peter Jesserer Smith of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for Aug. 18, 2025. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com.

In this episode:

• The Diocese of Crookston will officially launch the beatification cause for Benedictine Sister Annella Zervas this fall. 
  
  
• Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski said the Department of Homeland Security's enforcement-only approach is costly both to taxpayers and affected families whose lives are disrupted.
  
  
• As the Trump administration seeks to end Russia’s multiyear war on Ukraine, Russian attacks on Ukrainian civilians continue, said Metropolitan Archbishop Borys A. Gudziak of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia while in that country.
  
  
•  Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline of Marseille's first official act as president of the French bishops' conference was a solidarity visit to the Holy Land.
  
  
• Pope Leo XIV asked Catholics to observe Aug. 22 as a day of prayer and fasting for peace and justice, particularly in Ukraine and in the Holy Land.