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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

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.
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A depiction of humanity caught within the cogs and gears or technology. (OSV News photo/Reimund Bertrams, Pixabay)

Catholic Social Teaching Has a Lot to Say About AI, Experts Say

The viral internet commercial sounded real: the voice of Cardinal Carlos Aguiar Retes, archbishop of Mexico City, endorsing a miracle drug that had cured him of diabetes. But the commercial — like the cure itself — was fake.
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Grammy-winning Florida priest placed on leave for alleged misconduct with minor

A Florida priest and Grammy-winning recording artist has been placed on administrative leave due to alleged sexual misconduct with a minor a decade ago.
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Young people join religious sisters in global fight against trafficking

The world's religious sisters have paved the way in their pioneering fight against human trafficking, said a survivor and activist.
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Catholic immigration advocates express concern about Senate’s proposed border deal

Key Senate negotiators Feb. 4 released an approximately $118 billion emergency national security bill that would send a fresh wave of aid to Ukraine as that nation fends off Russia's invasion and would implement strict new migration policies for the ...
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Pope, cardinals continue discussion of role of women in the church

With the help of a woman Anglican bishop, a Salesian sister and a consecrated virgin, Pope Francis and his international Council of Cardinals devoted the first morning of their February meeting "to deepening their reflection, begun last December, on the ...
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At National Prayer Breakfast, Biden calls for Americans to ‘pray for peace’ amid conflict

At the National Prayer Breakfast Feb. 1, President Joe Biden called for prayers for a peaceful resolution of conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine, and he urged Americans to be united in the face of challenges.
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