After a few tense weeks, a peaceful and bloodless transfer of power has taken place in the West African nation of Gambia.

Cardinal Tobin: "Closing borders and building walls are not rational acts.... Mass detentions and wholesale deportation benefit no one; such inhuman policies destroy families and communities."

"Allowing the plunder and destruction of God's wondrous creation to support the greed of a few is morally, spiritually and ethically wrong."

"Every time I think of my husband and imagine what torture would have made him into, my heart aches."

President Duterte lashed out against the church again, likely in response to the growing criticism mounted by church leaders against the administration’s drug war.

"The church is in a different space," says Archbishop Martin. "We must be more invitational, using a ministry of presence, gently explaining the message of the church and inviting people in."