A disaster like this creates so many brutal little ironies.

Catholic bishops offer condolences and prayers after the violence and shootings at a hospital in Chicago and at a Catholic religious goods store in Ballwin, Missouri.

U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar ruled that the Trump administration cannot refuse asylum to immigrants who cross the southern border illegally. The judge ruled that the president cannot rewrite laws or impose conditions that Congress has already forbade.

The Ohio House has passed a bill (the second in two years) that would ban abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected. Known as "heartbeat" legislation, it goes to the Ohio Senate for consideration.

The Catholic bishops of South Sudan and Sudan are appealing for their citizens to help foster peace through acts of love, forgiveness and reconciliation.

Police in Ballwin, Missouri are searching for a gunman who sexually assaulted a woman and shot another in the head in a Catholic religious goods store. Archbishop Robert Carlson of St. Louis (which is near Ballwin) asked for prayers for the victims.