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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

OSV News 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.

Blessed McGivney: Model parish priest with 'zeal' for Gospel, for serving faithful

Susan Hines-Brigger November 2, 2020

Blessed Michael J. McGivney was "an outstanding witness of Christian solidarity and fraternal assistance" because of his "zeal" for proclaiming the Gospel and his "generous concern for his brothers and sisters," Pope Francis said in his apostolic letter of beatification ...

Pope to celebrate private Mass for All Souls at Vatican cemetery

OSV News October 30, 2020

Due to restrictions to curb the spread of COVID-19, Pope Francis will celebrate the feast of All Souls with a "strictly private" Mass at a Vatican cemetery.

Church’s history is key to confronting racism, say panelists

OSV News October 29, 2020

Racism and systematic racial injustice "are the issues our people are trying to navigate and are struggling with," said Father Robert Boxie III, a priest of the Archdiocese of Washington.

Conversations on racism are key to change, says speaker

OSV News October 28, 2020

The annual Ignatian Family Teach-in for Justice, the largest Catholic social justice gathering in the United States, is known for dispensing sharp opinions.

Transcript shows pope’s distinction between gay marriage, civil unions

OSV News October 27, 2020

When Pope Francis said gay people have a right to be in a family and that gay couples needed some form of civil law to protect their rights, he was not saying that gay couples should have a right to ...