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Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for June 29, 2026. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com.

Read the stories in this episode:

• Over 2,500 Catholics, united and proud in their faith, marching through Boston and bringing the real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist to everyone in their midst, led by their archbishop and dozens of priests, praying the rosary in a place where the celebration of Mass was once illegal. 
• Five Catholic bishops from the United States-Mexico border region led a day of pastoral accompaniment in Nogales, Arizona, and Nogales, Mexico, June 26 as the United States approaches its 250th birthday as a nation.
• On the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul, Pope Leo XIV personally placed the pallium on the shoulders of 35 metropolitan archbishops, urging them to follow the example of the patron saints of Rome in being "builders of unity" and "servants of the truth in charity." 
• Cardinals concluded a two-day extraordinary consistory June 27, saying Pope Leo XIV's decision to convene the College of Cardinals twice in six months has already strengthened unity by helping cardinals get to know one another. 
• Pope Leo XIV is calling for global solidarity and sending financial aid to Venezuela after the strongest twin earthquakes to strike the nation in over a century left at least 1,450 people dead.