Catholic church authorities are demanding an investigation into one of Mexico's most notorious crimes: the murder a decade ago of 72 migrants by drug cartel gunmen.
Former Bishop Michael Bransfield of Wheeling-Charleston has written a letter of apology for "any scandal" he had caused and has made a $441,000 reimbursement to his former diocese.
The preferential option for the poor, which includes feeding the hungry and drawing close to the excluded, “is the key criterion of Christian authenticity,” Pope Francis said Aug. 19 during his weekly general audience.