Trump Meets US Bishops' President, Pope Leo on Iran and Venezuela, Adele Brise Sainthood Cause

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Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for Jan. 12, 2026. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com.

Stories in this episode:

• President Donald Trump was scheduled to meet with Archbishop Paul S. Coakley, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Jan. 12, according to the White House schedule. 
• A formal inquiry of a 19th-century Belgian-American immigrant Adele Brice, who witnessed three apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary, has begun in the Green Bay Diocese.
• The city of Rochester, New York -- in research partnership with the Lab for Economic Opportunities, or LEO, at the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, Indiana -- announced in December its year-long Guaranteed Basic Income program was a success. 
• Pope Leo XIV is voicing concern as deadly anti-government protests continue in Iran amid a sweeping internet blackout. 
• Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel laureate María Corina Machado has asked Pope Leo XIV to help secure the release of political prisoners and support a transition to democracy in Venezuela.