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Hello,
I'm
Maggie
Murray
of
OSV
News,
and
this
is
your
OSV
Newscast
for
Wednesday,
September
2nd,
2026.
Let's
catch
you
up
on
the
Catholic
news
of
the
day.
Here
we
go.
Pope
Leo
XIV
opened
the
five-week
season
of
creation
yesterday
with
a
message
of
urgency
paired
with
genuine
hope.
Celebrating
Mass
on
the
Royal
Day
of
Prayer
for
the
Care
of
Creation
in
the
gardens
of
the
Papal
Villa
at
Castel
Gondolfo,
home
to
the
Borgo
Lodauto
C
Ecology
Project,
the
Pope
called
on
the
faithful
to
step
away
from
the
frenzy
of
daily
life
to
hear
the
melodious
voice
of
creation.
His
central
message
was
direct.
It
is
not
yet
too
late
to
repair
humanity's
relationship
with
the
environment.
Contemplating
creation
and
its
creator,
the
Pope
said,
should
lead
people
to
recognize
their
own
responsibility
for
protecting
it.
As
we
become
conscious
of
our
shortcomings
and
failures,
we
can
renew
our
commitment
to
restoring
the
relationships
among
all
creatures
according
to
the
will
of
their
creator,
he
said.
This
year's
theme
echoes
the
biblical
call
to
beat
swords
into
plowshares,
drawing
a
direct
connection
between
armed
conflict
and
environmental
destruction.
The
court
finds
that
the
allegations
describing
the
four
events
cited
by
Miss
Grole
in
the
context
of
the
class
action
are
false,
the
judge
wrote,
awarding
Cardinal
Olette
the
$100,000
Canadian
dollars
in
damages
he
had
sought.
The
Cardinal,
retired
since
April
2024,
has
pledged
to
donate
the
full
amount
to
organizations
fighting
sexual
abuse
experienced
by
Indigenous
Canadians.
His
defamation
suit
was
part
of
a
broader
class
action
case
against
the
Archdiocese
of
Quebec,
which
was
separately
ratified
August
12th
with
an
approved
out-of-court
settlement
of
$31.5
million
Canadian
dollars
to
be
paid
to
abuse
victims.
According
to
Morse,
when
students
asked
about
abortion,
she
told
them,
I
am
a
faithful
Roman
Catholic
and
I
am
against
it,
while
making
clear
the
disagreement
was
perfectly
acceptable.
Morse
sued
Angus
Council,
which
oversees
the
school,
alleging
unfair
dismissal
and
arguing
her
firing
violated
her
rights
to
freedom
of
religion,
expression,
and
protection
from
discrimination.
An
employment
tribunal
had
been
scheduled
for
late
August,
but
the
council
offered
a
financial
settlement
beforehand,
which
Morse
accepted
on
the
condition
she
not
disclose
the
amount.
Michael
Robinson
of
the
Society
for
the
Protection
of
Unborn
Children,
which
funded
her
case,
said
expressing
a
reasonable
view
on
abortion
is
not
something
that
should
allow
people
of
faith
to
be
victimized.
As
Americans
look
forward
to
celebrating
Labor
Day
next
Monday,
a
leading
U.S.
bishop
is
connecting
the
holiday
to
one
of
the
most
pressing
questions
facing
workers
today:
artificial
intelligence.
In
the
statement
released
yesterday,
Archbishop
Shelton
Fob
of
Louisville,
chairman
of
the
U.S.
Bishop's
Committee
on
Domestic
Justice
and
Human
Development,
said
the
observance
underscores
Pope
Leo
XIV's
call
to
be
builders
of
communion
while
safeguarding
human
dignity
as
AI
reshapes
our
economy
and
our
work.
Labor
Day,
the
Archbishop
said,
is
an
opportunity
to
celebrate
workers
and
honor
the
dignity
of
work,
emphasizing
that
work
is
more
than
a
paycheck,
but
rather
a
form
of
participation
in
God's
creation.
Drawing
on
multiple
data
sources,
Archbishop
Fobb
pointed
to
mounting
inequities
and
anxieties
among
low-wage
workers,
the
majority
of
whom
are
persons
of
color,
and
among
young
people
especially.
Fears
that
AI
has
only
compounded,
even
affecting
whether
people
feel
they
can
afford
to
raise
children.
Four
states
will
consider
ballot
measures
related
to
abortion
policy.
Proposals
in
Idaho,
Nevada,
and
Virginia
would
establish
abortion
as
a
right,
while
Missouri's
Amendment
3
would
move
in
the
opposite
direction,
limiting
abortion
as
well
as
certain
medical
or
surgical
gender
reassignment
procedures
for
minors
who
identify
as
transgender.
Jamie
Morris,
executive
director
and
general
counsel
for
the
Missouri
Catholic
Conference,
told
OSV
News
he
is
cautiously
optimistic
about
Amendment
3's
prospects.
Beyond
abortion
and
gender
policy,
housing
is
emerging
as
a
major
theme
this
cycle.
Voters
in
four
states
will
consider
a
total
of
six
housing-related
ballot
measures,
the
most
in
a
single
year
in
two
decades.
Ballot
measures
allow
voters
to
weigh
in
directly
on
laws
and
regulations,
sometimes
alongside
and
sometimes
in
place
of
the
traditional
legislative
process.
And
that's
your
OSV
Newscast
for
today.
I'm
Maggie
Murray
of
OSV
News.
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