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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.

Pope Leo XIV greets visitors and pilgrims from the popemobile as he rides around St. Peter's Square at the Vatican before his weekly general audience Oct. 15, 2025. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)

Jesus provides sustenance, not ready-made answers, Pope Leo XIV says

Catholic News Service October 16, 2025

Power, possessions and rank do not satisfy the deep desire for real meaning in life, Pope Leo XIV said.

A tapestry depicting St. Carlo Acutis hangs from the facade of St. Peter’s Basilica during the Mass for his canonization at the Vatican Sept. 7, 2025. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)

Monastery where Carlo Acutis received first Communion in ruins after fire

OSV News October 15, 2025

A 17th-century monastery in northern Italy where recently canonized St. Carlo Acutis received his first Communion was in ruins after a massive fire ravaged the historic building.

People hold placards with pictures of hostages who were kidnapped in the deadly Oct. 7, 2023, attack by Hamas, after a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip went into effect, at "Hostages Square" in Tel Aviv, Israel, Oct. 11, 2025. (OSV News photo/Ronen Zvulun, Reuters)

Amid historic deal, Gaza pastor says little is left after ‘tsunami’ of destruction

OSV News October 14, 2025

Historic momentum is felt across the Middle East as thousands gathered Oct. 11 in Tel Aviv, Israel, for the last mass gathering before the hostage release expected to take place Oct. 13, and tens of thousands of Palestinians started to ...

Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, longtime chaplain of the Loyola University Chicago men's basketball team and campus icon, smiles after the team won in the first round game of the NCAA Tournament against the University of Miami 2018 at the American Airlines Center in Dallas. Sister Jean died at age 106 Oct. 9, 2025. (OSV News photo/courtesy Loyola University Chicago)

Sister Jean, Loyola icon and chaplain of men’s basketball team, dies at 106

OSV News October 13, 2025

She prayed with college basketball players before games, counseled them after losses, and reminded them that faith, not fame, was the real victory.

Al Jazeera reporter Nour Abu Rokba works as Palestinian emergency personnel celebrate in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip

Holy Land patriarch welcomes news of initial peace deal

OSV News October 10, 2025

The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem welcomed "with joy" the announcement of an initial agreement between Hamas and Israel in an Oct. 9 statement, but also stressed the "absolute urgency" for the "immediate" and "unconditional" entry of humanitarian relief and sufficient ...

Pope Leo XIV signs his first apostolic exhortation, "Dilexi Te" ("I Have Loved You"), in the library of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican Oct. 4, 2025, the feast of St. Francis of Assisi.

Pope Leo XIV releases apostolic exhortation

OSV News October 9, 2025

Five months into his pontificate, Pope Leo XIV has promulgated his first official document, making as his own the draft of a text unfinished by his predecessor.