St. Matthew in Charlotte, N.C., averages 12,000 people at weekend Masses—and that's hardly the only unique thing about parish life in the United States' largest Catholic church.
A new Pew study found that due to higher fertility rates and a relatively young population, the share of Muslim babies being born is growing while the Christian share is declining.
A more Christian, as well as more effective, approach to the global migration crisis would be to move from a concern about "national security" to a concern for "common security," said Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle.