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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.

Worshippers attend a noon prayer at Hagia Sophia Mosque in the Turkish northwestern town of Iznik Oct. 8, 2025, which was built by Romans as a place of worship, then converted to a church and later into a mosque by the Ottomans. Pope Leo XIV is expected to visit Turkey in Nov. 27-30 for the 1,700th anniversary of the First Nicaea Council, as part of his first trip outside Italy.

Vatican confirms papal trip to Turkey, Lebanon Nov. 27-Dec. 2

OSV News October 8, 2025

Pope Leo XIV's first papal trip abroad will be to Turkey and Lebanon Nov. 27-Dec. 2, the Vatican press office announced.

People gather in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on the first day of its new term Oct. 6, 2025.

Supreme Court begins fall term

OSV News October 7, 2025

The U.S. Supreme Court began its fall term Oct. 6, with cases on its docket that include legal battles over some of President Donald Trump's policies and use of executive authority.

Pope Leo XIV listens during the opening session of an international conference celebrating the 10th anniversary of Pope Francis' encyclical "Laudato Si', on Care for Our Common Home," at the Mariapolis Center in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, Oct. 1, 2025. (CNS photo/Pablo Esparza)

World must come together to fight climate change, Pope Leo says

Catholic News Service October 3, 2025

People of faith cannot love God while despising his creatures, and people cannot call themselves Christians without caring for everything fragile and wounded, including the earth, Pope Leo XIV told climate activists and political and religious leaders.

People attend a protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as he delivers an address at the 80th United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters in New York City Sept. 26, 2025. (OSV News photo/Carlos Barria, Reuters)

Leaders blame Israel for dwindling number of Christians in Holy Land

OSV News October 2, 2025

Christian leaders in the Holy Land, as well as Palestinian government officials, condemned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent speech at the United Nations General Assembly and blamed the Israeli occupation for the decreasing number of Christians in the area.

Members of the Leo High School Choir appear on stage during the 20th season finale of the talent competition series "America's Got Talent" on Sept. 24, 2025. (OSV News photo/Trae Patton, NBC)

Catholic high school boys choir wows in ‘AGT’ season finale

OSV News October 1, 2025

A Catholic high school boys' choir from Chicago made it to the top five on the season finale of "America's Got Talent" Sept. 24, prompting a message of pride and encouragement from Chicago Cardinal Blase J. Cupich.

Young pilgrims process through rural Oklahoma during the 2024 Three Hearts Pilgrimage. Each year in October, the Three Hearts Pilgrimage takes place in the foothills of Oklahoma, a two-day, 35-mile penitential walk in the medieval style. (OSV News photo/Michelle Buscemi, Three Hearts Pilgrimage)

Annual Three Hearts Pilgrimage seeks to unite families, pray for country

OSV News September 30, 2025

(OSV News) — Six years ago, Marcus Robinson and a few other dads organized a short pilgrimage for their sons. The boys loved it so much that they did the same pilgrimage the following year, and the year after that, inviting more and ...