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People attend a vigil in support of immigration detainees at the entrance of "Alligator Alcatraz" Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ICE, detention center at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport in Ochopee, Fla., Aug. 10, 2025. (OSV New/Marco Bello, Reuters)

More states move to copy ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ amid reports of inhumane conditions

A Central American nonprofit center in Florida reports one of its client family members -- despite having an active asylum claim and no criminal record -- was recently detained on his way to work and sent to Florida's "Alligator Alcatraz."
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In this Sept. 10, 2005 file photo, homes are surrounded by floodwater and oil slicks in St. Bernard Parish in New Orleans, La.

20 years ago, Katrina hit New Orleans hard; today, the Crescent City is rising with hope

In late 2005, just two months after Hurricane Katrina, the American Institute of Architects tabbed Boston-based urban planner David Dixon, to organize a national recovery conference with the goal of providing a roadmap for New Orleans out of the chaos ...
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Members of the SHARE Ministry at St. Agatha Church in Los Angeles pray during a food distribution event on July 12, 2025, for families in need.

As Latino communities live in fear of ICE, LA Catholics find ways to help hurting families

In largely Latino communities across Southern California shaken by weeks of immigration enforcement raids on city sidewalks and local businesses, the fear has forced unauthorized immigrants inside, shut out from work, from church, from life. But all that fear has ...
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Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, who died at age 24 and was beatified by St. John Paul II in 1990, will be canonized Sept. 7, 2025, along with Blessed Carlo Acutis. (OSV News photo/Catholic Press Photo)

For young adults, soon-to-be-saint Frassati has ignited their faith amid fellowship

Kyle Radgowski is one of the organizers of the Frassati Fellowship for young adults in Chicago’s southwest suburbs.
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Pope Leo XIV gives a thumbs-up as he rides the popemobile around St. Peter's Square at the Vatican before his weekly general audience Aug. 6, 2025. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope Leo XIV’s General Audience

This is the text of the catechesis and appeal from Pope Leo XIV’s Aug. 6, 2025 general audience given in St. Peter’s Square.
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A file photo shows a homeless person trying to stay warm at the entrance of a Metro station near the White House in Washington. (OSV News photo/Kevin Lamarque, Reuters)

Trump’s executive order seeks to remove homeless from streets

The question was shouted at President Donald Trump as the commander in chief, headed for Scotland, was ready to depart the South Lawn on July 25.
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The city of Nagasaki, Japan, showed scant signs of recovery four years after an atomic bomb was detonated over the city Aug. 9, 1945. Ahead of 78th anniversary of atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the chair of U.S. bishops' international policy committee calls both for remembrance of the bombings and for nuclear arms control. (OSV News photo/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel files, USA TODAY NETWORK via Reuters) Editors: This cutline has been updated to correct anniversary date.

Nagasaki Franciscan monastery stands as messenger of peace

Eighty years ago two of the world's deadliest weapons were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, bringing near-total destruction.
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