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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

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.
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Bishop Ronald A. Hicks of of Joliet, Ill., is pictured during the 2018 fall general assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Baltimore.

Pope accepts resignation of Cardinal Dolan; names Bishop Hicks of Joliet, Ill., as successor

December 18, 2025
In one of the most anticipated U.S. episcopal appointments of his pontificate so far, Pope Leo XIV has accepted the resignation of Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York and named as his successor Bishop Ronald A. Hicks of Joliet, ...
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A police vehicle stands near the site of a mass shooting reported by authorities at Brown University in Providence, R.I.,

Rhode Island Catholic bishop offers prayers in wake of shooting at Brown University

December 15, 2025
Bishop Bruce A. Lewandowski of Providence offered prayers for "all affected by this tragedy" in the wake of a Dec. 13 shooting at Brown University that left two students dead and nine others injured.
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A combination image shows two screen captures from a video posted on the X account of The White House on Sept. 15, 2025, depicting what U.S. President Donald Trump said was a U.S. military strike on a Venezuelan drug cartel vessel

Military archbishop urges respect for rule of law after follow-up strike on alleged drug boat

December 5, 2025
The head of the U.S. military archdiocese on Dec. 3 urged respect for the human person and the rule of law amid new questions about the legality of a deadly U.S. military attack Sept. 2 on a boat in the ...
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fficers from the Illinois State Police and the Broadview Police Department detain demonstrators during a protest against immigration actions outside the Broadview ICE facility in suburban Chicago Nov. 7, 2025.

Buffalo bishop calls nation, Christians to ‘do better’ in upholding migrants’ dignity

December 3, 2025
A New York state bishop has echoed a recent call from the nation's Catholic bishops to respect God-given human dignity, regardless of immigration status.
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This poster is part of the promotional material used for the Catholic Home Missions Appeal

US bishops award over $7 million in grants to home missions

December 2, 2025
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops announced Dec. 1 that 69 mission dioceses and Eastern Catholic eparchies had been awarded a collective total of more than $7.8 million in grants.
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Pope Leo XIV answers a question from a journalist during a news conference aboard his flight from Turkey to Lebanon Nov. 30, 2025.

During inflight news conference, pope talks about peace in Gaza, Ukraine

December 1, 2025
On his first foreign papal trip, Pope Leo XIV showed reporters that the inflight news conferences of his predecessors would continue.
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