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People take part in a protest at the South Texas Family Residential Center, where Adrian Conejo and his son Liam Conejo Ramos, who were detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Minnesota, were being held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, in Dilley, Texas, Jan. 28, 2026. The pair were released on a judge’s Jan. 31 order and returned to Minneapolis the following day. (OSV News photo/Antranik Tavitian, Reuters)

Child ICE Detentions Have Increased Sixfold According to Report

By OSV News | February 12, 2026

By Simone Orendain, OSV News (OSV News) — Catholic leaders, including an official from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ migration office, reiterated a pastoral approach to the issue of child detentions by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. In a Feb. 3 statement to OSV News, David Spicer, the policy and engagement director for the USCC...

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Pope Leo XIV greets visitors and pilgrims from the popemobile as he rides around St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican before his weekly general audience Oct. 22, 2025. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)

The Risen Christ Brings Joy, Hope Along Life’s Journey, Pope Says

By Catholic News Service | October 22, 2025

Sadness is dispelled when we recognize the triumph of the Resurrection of Christ, Pope Leo says in this week’s general audience.

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Bishop Alberto Rojas of San Bernardino, California, carries a Jubilee cross in San Luis Río Colorado, Mexico, Oct. 12, 2025, during a binational pilgrimage from San Luis, Arizona, into Mexico. The pilgrimage, which included a Mass, was inspired by the Kino Border Initiative, a Catholic organization rooted in the Jesuit order and based in Nogales, Arizona, and Nogales, Sonora. (OSV News photo/Montie Chavez, courtesy Archdiocese of Las Vegas)

Catholic Vigils for Immigrants Take Place Across the Country

By OSV News | October 22, 2025

The campaign “One Church, One Family” calls for prayer and public witness on behalf of immigrants on Oct. 22 and Nov. 13.

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A crucifix is pictured in a file photo as Coptic Christians pray in Cairo. In the Coptic Orthodox Archdiocese of South Africa, three Egyptian Coptic monks were brutally murdered March 12, 2024, in their monastery in Cullinan, a small town about 18 miles east of the capital, Pretoria. (OSV News photo/stringer via Reuters)

Attacks on Religious Liberty Increase, Say Cardinal, Papal Foundation

By Catholic News Service | October 21, 2025

Cardinal Pietro Parolin says that religious persecution is on the rise, putting minorities at risk and driving forced displacement around the world.

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Prime Minister of Bangladesh, H.E. Sheikh Hasina arrives in New Delhi on a State Visit to India in 2024. (Meaphotogallery/Flickr)

Bangladeshi Prosecutors Call for ‘Highest Punishment’ for Former PM Sheikh Hasina

By UCA News | October 20, 2025

Former Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina, who fled following massive protests calling for her ouster, is being tried in absentia for crimes against humanity.

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Artwork “Silent Protest” by Griffins Bakhuya, from Kenya, depicting a girl and newspaper clippings about gender violence. (Wikimedia Commons CC BY 4.0)

Use All Doors: A Maryknoll Reflection

By Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns | October 16, 2025

A member of an international small Christian community reflects on this week’s Scripture readings and the challenges she sees in East Africa.

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Members of a Catholic group take part in a Eucharistic procession near the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Broadview facility in Chicago Oct. 11, 2025. The group had hoped to share holy Communion with detainees at the facility. (OSV News/Jeenah Moon, Reuters)

Chicago Catholics Denounce ICE Tactics Against Immigrants

By OSV News | October 15, 2025

Catholic clergy and laypeople protest in defense of immigrants, condemning the use of force and denial of sacraments to those in detention.

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A man reacts following a deadly gunmen attack in Yelwata, Benue state, in Nigeria June 16, 2025. (OSV News/Marvellous Durowaiye, Reuters)

Nigerian Rights Groups Seek Release of 850 Christians Held in Notorious Jihadist Village

By ACI Africa | October 14, 2025

Human rights groups report that kidnapped Christians are being beaten, starved, and threatened with execution in jihadist camps.

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U.S. President Donald Trump and Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi attend a world leaders’ summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, Oct. 13, 2025, on ending the Gaza war, amid a U.S.-brokered prisoner-hostage swap and ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas. (OSV News/Suzanne Plunkett, pool via Reuters)

Hostages Freed and Ceasefire Brings Relief, But Peace in Gaza Seen as Fragile

By OSV News | October 13, 2025

A Catholic expert on the Mideast celebrates the ceasefire in Gaza and calls for international commitment to its reconstruction.

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Maryknoll Father Robert McCahill visits 8-year-old Jair and his grandmother, Rohima, in the village of Batabhog near Srinagar. Father McCahill has spent five decades in Bangladesh helping poor families access medical care for children with disabilities. (Paul Jeffrey/Bangladesh)

Love for the Poor is Hallmark of Faith, Pope Says in First Exhortation

By OSV News | October 9, 2025

Pope Leo XIV says a preferential option for the poor is essential to Christianity and warns against widening inequalities in today’s world.

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Maryknoll Lay Missioner Sarah Bueter serves children through educational programs in El Salvador. (Courtesy of Maryknoll Lay Missioners/El Salvador)

If God Wills It: A Maryknoll Reflection

By Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns | October 9, 2025

Maryknoll Lay Missioner Sarah Bueter, who serves in El Salvador, reflects on how faith and gratitude open hearts to God’s healing grace.

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Central American migrants are seen inside an enclosure in El Paso, Texas, March 27, 2019. They were being held by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border and turning themselves in to request asylum. (CNS/Jose Luis Gonzalez, Reuters)

Bishop Seitz Shares Migrants’ Stories with Pope

By OSV News | October 8, 2025

Letters brought to a papal audience by the bishop of El Paso and chair of the U.S. bishops’ migration committee reveal fear, suffering and hope.

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A Palestinian child stands between tents Oct. 6, 2025, where displaced Palestinians, who fled northern Gaza due to an Israeli military operation, shelter in the central Gaza Strip. (OSV News/Dawoud Abu Alkas, Reuters)

Cardinal Welcomes Gaza Ceasefire Talks, Urges Perseverance

By OSV News | October 7, 2025

As peace talks between Israel and Hamas begin, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa warns that the path will be long and full of challenges.

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