The answer to the refugee crisis is continued assistance "not to close the gates of the countries where people are knocking for survival," Archbishop Silvano M. Tomasi said.

Bishop Oscar A. Solis said, "with confidence, humbly, I will say, 'Utah, here I am. I am totally yours. Even with the snow.'

Bishop Alvaro Ramazzini Imeri is urging governments to ensure human rights are given priority in trade and investment by big companies when a U.N. treaty is developed this fall.

In El Salvador, there is a yearning that the intercession of Blessed Oscar Romero will help the beatification cause of his martyred Jesuit friend, Father Rutilio Grande.

Health care is not just another issue, but a "fundamental issue of human life and dignity" and "a critical component of the Catholic Church's ministry."