U.S. college students spend significant time learning about people of different races, political affiliations and sexual orientations.

The German Catholic news agency KNA notes the president of the bishops’ conference has so far been virtually the only bishop not to comment publicly on the document.

Many parishes lack resources, having not received money in the collection basket because of suspended services.

A number of prominent figures in conservative media will speak at the Republican National Convention, including anti-abortion activist Abby Johnson and Covington Catholic student Nicholas Sandmann.

The bishops applaud the Trump administration “for moving NIH in a direction that shows greater consideration for medical ethics in research, and greater respect for innocent human life.”

The church can be an instrument of reunion, bringing together the voices of individual citizens and ushering a Christian sense of unity into the public square.