Russia-Ukraine Peace Efforts, Pro-Life 'Rescuers' Arrested, Uruguay's Euthanasia Bill, and Pope Leo Birthday Plans

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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:

• President Donald Trump met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and a delegation of European leaders Aug. 18 following his summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
  
  
• Six pro-life activists -- all but one of them Catholics, including two recently pardoned by President Donald Trump -- are now facing state charges for a July 31 abortion clinic "rescue" in Pennsylvania.
  
  
• Uruguay's bishops expressed sorrow after the country's lower house of Congress approved a bill decriminalizing euthanasia. 
  
  
• Pope Leo XIV paid a private visit to the Shrine of Our Lady of Grace of Mentorella, high in the Monti Prenestini mountain range of central Italy.
  
  
• Pope Leo XIV turns 70 Sept. 14, and while the milestone will be marked quietly by loved ones in his native Chicago area, past celebrations were anything but low-key.