The Korean Catholic Martyrs Church gathered to offer prayers for the victims and prayers for peace. The parish will be stepping up to join other civic and religious bodies as a community response is mapped out.

The sharpest enrollment decline was for prekindergarten enrollment at Catholic schools, which was down almost 27 percent.

Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, O.F.M. Conv.: “We must, as a Christian family of faith, work to protect the whole community. We must speak up against any aggression and we must be active in our pursuit to end racism and discrimination of every kind.”

Some things have changed on the southern border, but a lot of things remain the same, according to Catholic humanitarian groups on the ground.

With the Myanmar military taking a more direct role in efforts to suppress protests, the death toll rose quickly on Sunday.

L.G.B.T. Catholics and their allies are reacting with dismay to a statement released Monday by the Vatican prohibiting priests from blessing same-sex unions, in which church officials assert that God “does not and cannot bless sin.”