The rapid victory of the Sunni opposition fighters over regular army units loyal to Mr. al-Assad has left many wondering how Syria’s minority faith groups—Alawites, Christians, Shiites and others—will fare as H.T.S. consolidates its control.

In order for the United States to remain “a government of laws, not of men,” the editors write, all officials entrusted with elected authority must recognize the constraints on their own power.

It is no secret that the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops receives federal grants to assist in refugee resettlement.

“The church is not against deportations per se, but there are several conditions that need to be in place.”

Thanks to the vice president, the national press may finally realize that the Catholic bishops care about something other than abortion.

As the United States and China vie for primacy in the field of artificial intelligence, the Vatican today issued a wide-ranging reflection on “the relationship between Artificial Intelligence and Human Intelligence.”