Castile’s mother, Valerie, requested that the service be held at the cathedral as a way for “people to come together in a new way."

Do we really expect that Americans will tolerate indefinitely horrors like people of color being killed by police, mass incidents of gun violence and the growing chasm between rich and poor?

After an unsuccessful effort to get delegates to amend the platform language on abortion, Kristen Day said she will urge party leaders to look beyond winning the White House.

"It is better to avoid using the expression ‘the reform of the reform’...given that this has sometimes been the source of misunderstanding."

For the first time ever, the Vatican will have a man and a woman as the voice of the pope and the Holy See.

“Please pray for the police officers shot in Dallas, & for the souls & families of Philando Castile & Alton Sterling,” Farrell posted last night.