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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.

This is an updated map showing the four routes of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage to the National Eucharistic Congress in 2024. The pilgrimage launches from four points in the U.S. May 18-19 and converges eight weeks later in Indianapolis for the July 17-21 congress. (OSV News illustration/courtesy National Eucharistic Congress)

Eucharistic Pilgrimage kicks off May 18-19 with Masses, processions at iconic US sites

OSV News May 16, 2024

In 1776, Father Junipero Serra, a Spanish Franciscan missionary, dedicated a small mission church in San Francisco to St. Francis Assisi. On May 18, the mission of San Francisco de Asis, also known as Mission Dolores, will host an ...

The Washington state Capitol is pictured in Olympia April 11, 2020. (OSV News photo/Jason Redmond, Reuters)

State attorney general investigates Washington’s dioceses over sex abuse response

OSV News May 15, 2024

The Washington state attorney general's office announced May 9 an investigation into whether the state's three Catholic dioceses used charitable funds to cover up allegations of child sex abuse by clergy.

This is an undated screenshot of the altar at St. Vincent de Paul Church in Chicago. A Chicago priest in liturgical garb performed a blessing of a same-sex couple at the church, which was video-recorded and described on Instagram as "a blessing of our marriage." (OSV News screenshot/Instagram)

Chicago Catholic priest apologizes for same-sex blessing ‘words and visuals’

OSV News May 14, 2024

A Chicago priest has issued an apology for performing recently a blessing of a same-sex couple, which was filmed and posted on social media.

Father Nicholas G. DuPre (center), associate pastor at St. Mary Magdalen Parish in Abbeville, Louisiana, leads parishioners in prayer as a teenager attempted to enter the church with a rifle during a first Communion Mass May 11, 2024.

Louisiana first Communion Mass disrupted by gunman

OSV News May 13, 2024

A first Communion Mass at St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church in Abbeville, Louisiana, was disrupted May 11 after a teenager attempted to enter the church with a rifle. Parishioners prevented the young man from entering the church where 60 ...

A newly released image of St. Padre Pio is seen in this undated photo. The Vatican hosted a presentation of 10 new photos of the Capuchin saint April 29, 2024. (CNS photo/Courtesy Saint Pio Foundation)

New photos reveal many sides of St. Padre Pio

OSV News May 10, 2024

A foundation that promotes devotion to St. Pio of Pietrelcina, more widely known as Padre Pio, is making 10 never-before-seen photographs of the saint available to the devout for free.