The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development estimates as many as 58,000 students across the United States—about one in 10—face homelessness at some point during college.

If parish priests can't stand up for the poor in this moment, we might as well pack up our Mass kits.

"Every effort must be made to eradicate this shameful and intolerable crime (of human trafficking)," Pope Francis said.

Archbishop Bernardito Auza called on the U.N. and its member states to develop policies and investments "that people can see and touch" to tackle social and spiritual poverty as well.

The Boy Scouts change in policy "has no impact on the operation and program delivery of Scouting program(s) in Catholic-chartered units," said the Catholic Scouting committee.

The move was the first concrete attempt to counter the contentious measure of West Bank settlements.