Religion

U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis issued a temporary restraining order barring ICE from detaining Kilmar Abrego Garcia, finding officials lacked legal authority to re‑detain him and had “affirmatively misled” the court; ICE released him from the Moshannon Valley facility and he returned to Maryland, where he was ordered to check in with immigration officials about 14 hours after release. The order — along with a prior immigration-judge release — keeps him free pending further proceedings (including upcoming hearings and a joint status report due Dec. 18), allowing him to remain with his family through the holidays while litigation over removal and related matters continues.

Students at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis created cards and acts of service to mark the school’s feast day as part of healing after an August mass shooting that killed two students and injured nearly two dozen. Archbishop Bernard Hebda personally delivered the students' cards and a centennial button to Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican, and said the Pope promised prayers for the families and the Archdiocese.