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OSV Top Stories:

• Pope Leo’s meeting with Patti Smith highlights rocker’s Church-adjacent artistry
  July 31, 2026 by OSV News
  "It was a long audience that felt more like a conversation between two people discovering they were old friends, sharing memories." The post Pope Leo’s meeting with Patti Smith highlights rocker’s Church-adjacent artistry first appeared on OSV News.
• Bipartisan duo announces new anti-trafficking caucus in Congress
  July 31, 2026 by Kate Scanlon
  "Nearly 27 million people worldwide are trapped in forms of forced labor and human bondage, and Americans in all 50 states have been victimized as well." The post Bipartisan duo announces new anti-trafficking caucus in Congress first appeared on OSV News.
• Washington Roundup: Blanche nomination in limbo, shutdown deadline looms
  July 31, 2026 by Kate Scanlon
  The nomination of Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche appeared to be in limbo July 31 as the Senate Judiciary Committee lacked the votes to advance the nomination to the full Senate.  The post Washington Roundup: Blanche nomination in limbo, shutdown deadline looms first appeared on OSV News.

Recent OSV Headlines:

• Pope Leo’s meeting with Patti Smith highlights rocker’s Church-adjacent artistry
• Bipartisan duo announces new anti-trafficking caucus in Congress
• Washington Roundup: Blanche nomination in limbo, shutdown deadline looms
• Prayers promised as Minnesota auxiliary bishop prepares for cancer treatment
• Court shields women religious from New York assisted suicide law
• Haitian cardinal urges those facing loss of TPS to put ‘anxieties before God’ and ‘not lose hope’
• In Spain, diocese pledges emergency aid as death toll rises in enclave’s border crisis
• The Hillbilly Thomists on 10-city tour promoting new album ‘Strange Land’
• Israeli strike damages Christian-run hospital in Gaza
• Russian attack leaves 8 dead in Ukraine; suspected missile lands in Poland

— Updated throughout the day by OSV News Service.

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