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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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Vatican aims to have a net-zero-emissions vehicle fleet by 2030

As part of a plan to reduce its CO2 footprint, Vatican City State has launched a program to replace its existing vehicle fleet with electric vehicles.
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March for Israel draws busloads to National Mall to protest antisemitism

An estimated tens of thousands of people gathered on the National Mall Nov. 14 in a show of solidarity for Israel in the wake of the terrorist group Hamas' Oct. 7 attacks on that country and a protest of antisemitism ...
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U.S. bishops open fall assembly with prayer, reflection and a Mass for peace

Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services, who is president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, led his brother bishops in prayer for wisdom as they began their fall plenary assembly in Baltimore Nov. ...
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Bishop Strickland removed from diocese after accusing pope of backing ‘attack on the sacred’  

Pope Francis has "relieved" Bishop Joseph E. Strickland from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Tyler, Texas, the Holy See Press Office announced Nov. 11.
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Sister Patricia Ebegbulem, a Sister of St. Louis from Nigeria, receives the Human Dignity Award from Sister Jane Wakahiu, a Little Sister of St. Francis of Assisi, at a London ceremony Oct. 31, 2023. Sister Wakahiu is associate vice president of the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, a sponsor of the inaugural Sisters Anti-Trafficking Awards along with the Arise foundation and the International Union of Superiors General. (OSV News photo/courtesy Arise foundation)

Religious Sisters Who Fight Human Trafficking Honored for Their Work

In late October in London, the spotlight was on the exceptional contribution of Catholic religious sisters to the anti-trafficking movement at the inaugural Sisters Anti-Trafficking Awards, or SATAs.
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Father Chin Nguyen greets a well-wisher following his ordination to the priesthood June 5, 2021, at the Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph in Brooklyn, N.Y. Father Nguyen, who was born in Vietnam, was one of four men ordained by Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio of Brooklyn at the Mass. (OSV News photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

Younger priests identify as theologically conservative, politically moderate

A closer look at the largest survey of U.S. Catholic priests in 50 years has revealed "a major shift in how priests view themselves and their priesthood," said researchers.
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