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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.

Votive candles and flowers are seen at the base of a statue of St. John Paul II outside Rome's Gemelli hospital Feb. 23, 2025, where Pope Francis is being treated for double pneumonia. (CNS photo/Pablo Esparza)

Pope’s condition still ‘critical’ with signs of renal insufficiency under control

OSV News February 24, 2025

Pope Francis’ condition remained “critical” the evening of Feb. 23, his doctors said, with blood tests showing “initial, mild renal insufficiency, at present under control.”

The sculpture "Angels Unawares" seen at The Catholic University of America in Washington April 22, 2022, depicts a group of migrants and refugees crowded on a boat. On Feb. 18, 2025, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops sued the Trump administration over halting funding of refugee resettlement, saying the move will cause harm. (OSV News/CNS file, Andrew Biraj, Catholic Standard)

Bishops sue Trump administration over halting refugee resettlement funds

OSV News February 21, 2025

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops sued the Trump administration Feb. 18 over the suspension of funding of refugee resettlement assistance.

Flowers and votive candles sit at the base of a statue of St. John Paul II outside Rome’s Gemelli hospital Feb. 18, 2025, where Pope Francis is a patient. (CNS photo/Pablo Esparza)

Pope’s condition stable; tests show some improvement

OSV News February 20, 2025

Pope Francis’ doctors described his condition as “stable” late Feb. 19 even though “blood tests, evaluated by the medical staff, show a slight improvement.

An inmate puts away the items used on the altar following Mass at the Ellsworth Correctional Facility in Kansas. (OSV News photo/Karen Bonar, The Register)

Coalition aims to have prison ministry in all US dioceses, get more laity involved

OSV News February 19, 2025

Those who accompany the incarcerated have said there is a lot to do in ministering to a population that has committed crimes and had to live with the consequences of those actions.

Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, Texas, greets a Salvadoran migrant in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, June 27, 2019, who was deported after crossing the Paso del Norte international border from El Paso. (OSV News photo/Jose Luis Gonzalez, Reuters)

Bishops’ chair invites Vance to dialogue over church’s work with migrants

OSV News February 18, 2025

The U.S. bishops’ migration chair called recent comments by JD Vance about the church’s work with migrants “a mischaracterization” while speaking at an event in the nation’s capital Feb. 12.