Red Mass 'Architects of Hope,' Hamas-Israel War's 'Inhuman Consequences,' Love of Migrants, 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. 6, 2025. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com.

In this episode:

• At the Red Mass celebrated on the day before the Supreme Court's new term, Washington Cardinal Robert W. McElroy emphasized that "men and women of the law are architects of hope by reason of their vocation."
• As indirect ceasefire talks began in Egypt between Israel and Hamas, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, called the negotiations "an important and long-awaited first step" -- but warned nothing is "entirely clear or definite yet." 
• The Hamas attack on Israel two years ago "was inhuman and indefensible," the Vatican secretary of state said, and Israel's two-year-long war on Gaza has had "disastrous and inhuman consequences."
• The joint celebration of the Jubilee of Migrants and the Jubilee of the Missions is an opportunity to remind all Catholics that the duty to welcome and assist migrants is also part of each person's obligation to share God's love, Pope Leo XIV said Sunday.
• Catholics involved in interfaith efforts have offered their condolences to the members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on the death of their president, Russell M. Nelson, Sept. 27 at age 101.