The prize, which is $2.5 million in unrestricted funds, also "strengthens our resolve to create a community of kinship and healing in Los Angeles," Father Greg Boyle said in a statement. "All of us at Homeboy Industries are profoundly humbled by the Hilton Foundation's recognition."

A Catholic priest was found dead in El Salvador on Aug. 7, the most recent in a pattern of Salvadoran clergy killings over the past half century. 

“Why are we turning away 21 million pro-life voters? The party has to decide if they want to die on this hill,” Kirsten Day, the executive director of Democrats for Life, told America.

Some notable exceptions, including the University of Notre Dame and Boston College, still plan to play this fall.

Flora X. Tang reported for classes last week at the University of Notre Dame. She found a lot of improvising to make in-person classes work, but the number of Covid-19 cases on campus rose each day.

Cardinal Dolan will offer the prayer as the convention opens, the same day President Trump and Vice President Pence will be nominated as the GOP’s candidates for a second term.