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Yesterday — 9 December 2025Main stream

Massachusetts Church Keeps Anti-ICE Nativity Scene, Defying Diocese Leaders

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Jenna Russell
9 December 2025 at 12:10
The Christmas display, which replaces Jesus, Mary and Joseph with a sign saying “ICE Was Here,” has drawn criticism from Catholic leaders and immigration officials.

© Brian Snyder/Reuters

A Nativity scene at St. Susanna Parish in Dedham, Mass., displays a sign reading “ICE Was Here” in the spot where Jesus, Mary and Joseph would normally be.

N.Y. Archdiocese Will Negotiate Sex-Abuse Settlement for 1,300 Accusers

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Liam Stack
9 December 2025 at 09:49
The archdiocese will raise at least $300 million to fund the settlement. It has agreed with its accusers on a mediator to conduct negotiations.

© Karsten Moran for The New York Times

The New York Archdiocese said it had sold its Manhattan headquarters to raise money for a sex-abuse settlement.
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