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Bishop Alberto Rojas of San Bernardino, Calif., the main celebrant, distributes Communion to a detainee during a Mass on the grounds of the ICE Processing Center near Adelanto, Calif., Dec. 10, 2025. Attendees said the Mass, which took place in the Mojave Desert, was deeply emotional for both the bishops and the roughly 300 detainees present.

California bishops celebrate ‘very powerful’ Mass for detainees in ICE facility

December 19, 2025
A group of seven California bishops celebrated Mass at the ICE Processing Center outside the town of Adelanto in the Mojave Desert on December 10, providing communion to the roughly 300 detainees present.
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Pope Leo XIV holds the St. Augustine Medal, which was presented to him by Augustinian Father Robert P. Hagan, prior of the order's U.S. Province of St. Thomas of Villanova, during a meeting July 18, 2025, at Villa Barberini in Castel Gandolfo, Italy. The pope recorded a video message of thanks, which was played in Philadelphia Aug. 28, 2025. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope talks about what Saint Augustine has taught him

September 2, 2025
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — “So much of who I am I owe to the spirit and the teachings of Saint Augustine,” Pope Leo XIV told his Augustinian confreres and their benefactors who were celebrating the saint’s feast day in Philadelphia. As Cardinal ...
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Figurines with computers and smartphones are seen in front of the words "AI Artificial Intelligence" in this Feb. 19, 2024, illustration. (OSV News illustration/Dado Ruvic, Reuters)

As US celebrates Labor Day, how AI should–and should not–be used at work

September 1, 2025
The dignity of workers must be protected amid the growing use of artificial intelligence in the workplace, the chairman of the U.S. bishops' domestic policy committee said in an Aug. 29 statement for Labor Day, Sept. 1.
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A memorial honoring shooting victims sits outside the Annunciation Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Parents of children killed in Minneapolis Catholic school shooting speak out

August 29, 2025
8-year-old Fletcher Merkel "loved his family, friends, fishing, cooking and any sport that he was allowed to play" and the hole left in his family's hearts by his death will never be filled, his father remarked at an Aug. 28 ...
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A priest pauses near the crime scene following a shooting at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis Aug. 27, 2025.

Archbishop Hebda after Catholic school shooting: We ask for prayers, action

August 28, 2025
Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda told media Aug. 27 that prayers offered from around the United States and world, including from Pope Leo XIV, have been "a source of hope" following that morning's mass shooting during Mass at Annunciation Catholic School ...
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Families and loved ones walk outside the police barricades following a shooting at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis Aug. 27, 2025.

At least 2 children dead, 17 injured, in Minneapolis Catholic school shooting

August 27, 2025
A deadly mass shooting took place the morning of Aug. 27 at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis shortly after the start of the school day during an all-school Mass at the adjacent Annunciation Catholic Church.
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland resident and Salvadoran national at the center of a high-profile immigration case, appears for a check-in at the ICE Baltimore field office Aug. 25, 2025.

Garcia faces deportation to Uganda after surrendering to immigration authorities

August 26, 2025
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national and Maryland resident at the center of a high-profile immigration case, surrendered to U.S. immigration authorities.
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