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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.

St. Therese of Lisieux is featured holding an image of the Holy Face in this stained glass depiction of beloved female saints in the church of St. Therese, Montauk, N.Y. Illustrated are Sts. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, Theresa of Avila, Therese of Lisieux and Catherine of Siena. (OSV News photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

Scholars, Catholics call St. Therese’s ‘little way’ relevant today after pope’s letter

OSV News October 23, 2023

Carmelite scholars and everyday Catholics are welcoming Pope Francis' new apostolic letter about St. Therese of Lisieux, a 19th-century French Carmelite nun beloved worldwide for her "little way" of childlike trust and confidence in God's merciful love.

Seahawks offensive tackle loves the game, but Catholic faith is his ‘focal point’

OSV News October 21, 2023

In his second year as an offensive tackle for the Seattle Seahawks, Abraham "Abe" Lucas is living his childhood dream. Even so, it's faith, not football, that's the most important thing for this self-described "hard-core Catholic."

The father of Alma Al Majayda, 3, killed in an Israeli airstrike, reacts while carrying her body during the child’s funeral in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip Oct. 19, 2023, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas. (OSV News photo/Mohammed Salem, Reuters)

Palestine ambassador says Vatican should play role in mediating end of ‘carnage’

OSV News October 20, 2023

The Vatican, especially Pope Francis, must double its efforts and urge the international community to end the massacre of Palestinians killed in Gaza in the Israel-Hamas war, Palestine's ambassador to Denmark said.

Pope calls for world day of prayer for peace as catastrophe looms in Gaza

OSV News October 19, 2023

Warning against a humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza and ongoing conflicts elsewhere, Pope Francis has called for a day of fasting, penance and prayer for peace in the world Oct. 27.

Newly Unified ‘Province of Our Lady of Guadalupe’ is Established in Atlanta, GA

Kerting Baldwin EdD, APR October 17, 2023

Approximately 700 men from six United States provinces came together in a unified Province of Our Lady of Guadalupe in mid-October, during their synodal Chapter of Unity in Kansas City, MO.