"Nobody will be turned away; we will try to find a way to accommodate everybody."

His appointment "reflects the growing presence of Hispanics in the Catholic Church here in the United States."

Bishop Vasa called on all Catholics of the diocese to help their brothers and sisters who “have been severely impacted by the devastating fires and are in immediate need of your prayers."

They will “accept and work with the new membership policy of the Boy Scouts of America" to admit girls.”

“What is blessing? Who can bless? Can God bless through a robot?”

“The migrant family is a crucial component of our globalized world,” said Archbishop Ivan Jurkovic, Vatican observer to U.N. agencies in Geneva.