Pope Francis is considering dedicating a meeting of the Synod of Bishops to the concerns of the indigenous people of the Amazon region.

“Puerto Rico’s problem is that it’s an island of U.S. citizens who don’t have citizens’ rights—to vote in U.S. elections or have voting representatives in Congress.”

The Archdiocese of Oklahoma City has opened a website detailing the life, as well as steps toward sainthood, of Father Stanley Rother.

Weeks of large-scale street demonstrations have led to violent clashes with police, leaving nearly 40 people dead and drawing international condemnation.

A woman and her 5-year-old son were deported to Honduras, where, the mother says, they are the target of gangs.

The American dream is at the center of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao" by Junot Díaz.