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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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At Mass in Mongolia, pope sends ‘warm greetings’ to neighboring China 

ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia (CNSA) — While China allowed Pope Francis’ plane to cross its airspace on the way to Mongolia, an office of the Chinese Communist Party prevented any Catholic bishops or priests in the mainland from traveling there to see ...
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Members of United Mine Workers of America and other labor leaders bow in prayer while picketing July 28, 2021, outside BlackRock's headquarters in New York City as part of the union's strike at Warrior Met Coal Mine. (OSV News photo/Brendan McDermid, Reuters)

Americans are talking about labor issues more now than in recent past, experts say

As Americans are heating up the backyard barbecue for celebratory Labor Day cookouts Sept. 4, news headlines daily shout about the cooling down of the U.S. job market.
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Former Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick arrives at Dedham District Court in Dedham, Mass., Sept. 3, 2021, after being charged with molesting a 16-year-old boy during a 1974 wedding reception. A Massachusetts judge dismissed a criminal case against the former cardinal Aug. 30, 2023, ruling he no longer has the cognitive capacity to stand trial. (OSV News photo/Brian Snyder, Reuters)

Judge Dismisses Criminal Abuse Charges against Theodore McCarrick

The Massachusetts sex abuse case against former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick fell apart Wednesday as all criminal charges were dismissed due to the disgraced former cleric being deemed no longer mentally competent.
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An aerial view shows trees as the sun rises at the Amazon rainforest in Manaus in Brazil's Amazonas state Oct. 26, 2022. (OSV News photo/Bruno Kelly, Reuters)

Church environmentalists worried about oil drilling at mouth of Amazon River

Church activists in the Amazon are worried about the Brazilian government's plan to exploit oil in a marine area close to the mouth of the Amazon River.
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Bishop Erik T. Pohlmeier of St. Augustine, Fla., preaches from the pulpit June 10, 2023, during the diocese's Eucharistic Congress. (OSV News photo/Fran Ruchalski)

Florida Bishop Condemns Racially Motivated Shooting In Jacksonville

A Florida Catholic bishop condemned a racially motivated shooting that took place late Aug. 26 at a Dollar General store in Jacksonville, saying, “Violence and bigotry have no place in our hearts or our society.”
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Pope Francis poses for a photo with about 90 Jesuits at their St. John de Brito College in Lisbon, Portugal, Aug. 5, 2023. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope says there is a ‘strong reactionary’ element in U.S. Catholic Church

The Catholic Church in the United States has "a very strong reactionary" element that is well-organized and refuses to see how Catholic doctrine can and must grow and mature, Pope Francis told Jesuits in Portugal.
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