More than 200,000 people gathered for the March for America in Washington, D.C., in support of comprehensive immigration reform.

“Without accountability for the past there will be no healing and no trust for the future,” Archbishop Diarmuid Martin said.

A study reports that Latinos who have left the church since 1990 have shifted toward secularism as they become more Americanized.

The bishops said the proposals could harm public safety and separate families.

The Archdiocese of Chicago is seeking the canonization of the Rev. Augustine Tolton, the first U.S. priest of African descent.

Continuing settlement construction in the West Bank and East Jerusalem presents a profound obstacle to reviving the Middle East peace process.