A priest held a Catholic Mass outside the Everglades detention center, Alligator Alcatraz, on Saturday morning. Here is the recap of the event.

The state’s beach water quality dashboard showed that 68 beaches were closed due to high bacteria levels Sunday.

Pope Leo XIV is spending the last Sunday of his summer vacation with several dozen homeless and poor people and the church volunteers who help them.

Two $100,000 lottery prizes were won in Massachusetts on Saturday. The prizes were won during the daily “Mass Cash” drawing. The winning numbers for the Aug. 16 drawing were 2, 9, 19, 22, and 34. One of the winning tickets was sold in Somerville’s Teele Square Market. The other was sold at a Market Basket in Revere.

Several Catholic priests discuss how their parishioners are responding to ramped up immigration enforcement efforts across the nation.

IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — Iraqi officials have begun the excavation of what is believed to be a mass grave left behind by the Islamic State extremist group during its rampage across the country a decade ago.

MassReconnect, which launched in 2022, offers free community college to state residents over age 25 who don’t have a bachelor’s degree.

A group of over 100 dirt bikers, bicyclists and e-scooter riders have been getting on and off highways around Boston.