Corpus Christi, Juneteenth, Sacred Heart

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Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for June 19, 2025. In this episode: Catholics in Poland mark the feast of Corpus Christi as a public witness to their faith in the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist. In the U.S., the federal Juneteenth holiday is being marked by Catholics as a call to continue to work for the end of racism, based on God-given human dignity. Amid the month of June, traditionally dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Bishop David J. Bonnar of Youngstown, Ohio, has released a pastoral letter on this timeless devotion, through which Christ makes his personal love for each soul profoundly known. Bishop Mark Brennan of Wheeling-Charleston West Virginia is asking for prayers after flash floods devastated communities in Ohio County June 14. National Eucharistic Pilgrimage organizers have changed plans for the pilgrimage's culminating events in Los Angeles June 22 due to "deep pastoral concern for the safety of the faithful and the city of Los Angeles." Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com.

Read the stories in this podcast:

Polish Catholics and Corpus Christi
https://www.osvnews.com/hundreds-of-thousands-march-in-polands-corpus-christi-processions/

Juneteenth and Catholics
https://www.osvnews.com/juneteenth-seen-as-day-to-reflect-on-freedom-ending-racism-and-black-catholics-contributions/

Bishop David Bonnar on the Sacred Heart of Jesus
https://www.osvnews.com/bishop-bonnar-urges-faithful-to-take-heart-by-beholding-the-sacred-heart/

Bishop Mark Brennan Prays for Flood Victims
https://www.osvnews.com/west-virginia-bishops-calls-for-prayers-help-for-victims-of-devastating-flash-floods/

National Eucharistic Pilgrimage Plans Revised
https://www.osvnews.com/pilgrimages-final-corpus-christi-event-in-la-truncated-for-safety-of-the-faithful-city/