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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 in Baltimore on Aug. 25, and faces possible deportation to Uganda, a nation that recently agreed to accept ...
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A Rohingya girl feeds a child from a jar with the USAID logo on it, at a refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, Feb. 11, 2025.

4 in 5 USAID projects now canceled, with State Department overseeing the rest

March 12, 2025
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said March 10 that just 18% of programs of the now-shuttered U.S. Agency for International Development will remain intact, and those will now fall under his purview at the State Department.
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Cardinal Kevin J. Farrell, prefect of the Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life, is seen on a video screen leading the rosary for Pope Francis at the Vatican March 10, 2025.

Pope out of danger but to remain in hospital

March 11, 2025
Pope Francis is no longer considered in imminent danger from his lung infection, but he will remain in Rome's Gemelli hospital for several more days to continue receiving medical treatment, the Vatican said.
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A view of the entrance to the South Carolina Department of Corrections. Death row inmate Brad Sigmon is scheduled to be executed on March 7, 2025, by firing squad method at the Broad River Correctional Institution in Columbia, South Carolina.

South Carolina carries out execution by firing squad

March 10, 2025
As South Carolina prepared to carry out the first execution by firing squad in the U.S. since 2010, Catholic activists against the death penalty had sought clemency from that state's governor.
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Larisa holds up the rock featuring Jesus' face that was found at the car wash where she worked, which she believes saved her job from burning down in the Palisades Fire in early January 2025. (OSV News photo/courtesy Kimmy Chacon)

Latinos cling to faith after LA fires, find blessings among hardships

March 7, 2025
Maria-Consuelo didn't lose her home in the wildfires that burned parts of Los Angeles County in early January, but her employers did.
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People hold placards outside the U.S. Agency for International Development building in Washington Feb. 3, 2025, protesting the Trump administration's moves to shut down the U.S. foreign aid agency. The Supreme Court on March 5 rejected the Trump administration's request to freeze nearly $2 billion in foreign aid payments, directing the White House to abide by a lower court order. Catholic nongovernmental organizations are among those impacted by the freeze. (OSV News photo/Kent Nishimura, Reuters)

Supreme Court rejects Trump request to freeze foreign aid payments

March 6, 2025
The Supreme Court on March 5 rejected the Trump administration's request to freeze nearly $2 billion in foreign aid payments.
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Sister Erin McDonald, a member of the Congregation of St. Joseph, speaks during the Nuns on the Bus & Friends nonpartisan voter engagement and education rally in Brentwood, N.Y., Oct. 2, 2024. The U.S. church marks the 10th anniversary of Catholic Sisters Week March 8-14. (OSV News photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

Catholic Sisters Week marks 10 years celebrating women religious’ mission

March 5, 2025
They're compassionate doctors. Inspiring teachers. Committed advocates for justice. Steady guides on the spiritual path. Catholic sisters in America simply can't be stereotyped.
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