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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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The wall at the U.S.-Mexico border is seen in the background as migrants from South and Central America look to surrender to immigration officials after crossing into the United States from Mexico in Ruby, Ariz., June 24, 2024. (OSV News photo/Adrees Latif, Reuters)

In 2024, state laws of interest to Catholics: abortion, IVF, immigration

December 16, 2024
State laws of interest to Catholics spanned policy areas from abortion to IVF to immigration in 2024.
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A file photo shows a statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe as it is unloaded from a truck after a procession to the U.S.-Mexico border fence in Tijuana, Mexico, where Mass was celebrated.

California bishops back migrants fearing mass deportation in Guadalupe message

December 13, 2024
(OSV News) — As President-elect Donald Trump threatens to enact “the largest deportation” in U.S. history, California’s Catholic bishops have issued a message of support for migrants, invoking the protection of Our Lady of Guadalupe for them on her Dec. 12 feast. ...
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Migrant farmworkers attend an outdoor Mass Sept. 26, 2019, in Hatch, N.M., during a pastoral encounter by U.S. bishops with migrants at the border.

No sanctuary? Trump reportedly plans to reverse policy, permit ICE arrests at churches

December 12, 2024
WASHINGTON (OSV News) — The incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump plans to rescind a long-standing policy preventing Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from making arrests at what are seen as sensitive locations, including houses of worship, schools and hospitals, ...
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Luigi Mangione, 26, a suspect in the New York City killing of UnitedHealth executive Brian Thompson, arrives for an extradition hearing at Blair County Court House in Hollidaysburg, Pa., Dec. 10, 2024.

Family of suspected CEO killer ‘shocked and devastated,’ known for strong support of Jesuit education

December 11, 2024
(OSV News) — The suspected killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson hails from a prominent Maryland family whose matriarch was a strong supporter of Jesuit education. Luigi Mangione was arrested Dec. 9 at a McDonald’s restaurant in Altoona, Pennsylvania, five ...
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The execution chamber in the U.S. Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Ind.,

US bishops join pope, other groups urging Biden to commute 40 death sentences

December 10, 2024
WASHINGTON (OSV News) — The U.S. bishops’ conference was among the groups that urged President Joe Biden on Dec. 9 to commute exiting federal death sentences before President-elect Donald Trump, who has sought to expand the use of capital punishment, ...
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Clergy arrive for the inaugural Mass, with the consecration of the main altar, at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, five-and-a-half years after a fire ravaged the Gothic masterpiece, as part of ceremonies to mark the cathedral's reopening after its restoration, in Paris, Dec. 8, 2024.

With inaugural Mass, Notre Dame reveals ‘the Lord does not abandon his own’

December 9, 2024
PARIS (OSV News) — Chilling rain and the “City of Lights” completely locked down due to high profile guests did not stop the crowds from arriving as close to Notre Dame Cathedral as possible for its inaugural Mass celebrated Dec. ...
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