Pope John Paul II described the Mafia as "a culture of death, profoundly inhuman, anti-Gospel, an enemy of human dignity and civil peace.''

Attorney General Jeff Sessions has vowed to prosecute anyone who enters the United States illegally.

On May 1, Cardinal George Pell will know whether he has to stand trial to face allegations of historical sexual offenses or not.

In California, Catholic opponents of the death penalty are trying to protect the largest population of inmates awaiting execution in the Western Hemisphere.

Wisconsin is the 15th state to at least put limits on seizures. Other states should follow suit.