The 15 dead included 10 hockey players between the ages of 16 and 21, the team coach, radio broadcaster, bus driver and other team personnel.

The April 7 letter, addressed to people in Mexico and the United States and the presidents of both countries, echoed sentiments of U.S. border bishops by saying the frontier between the two countries "is not a war zone".

A suspected chemical-weapon attack occurred late April 7 when Syrian army warplanes bombed the eastern town of Douma.

Getting humanitarian aid to desperate populations during the conflict has largely been contingent on the warring sides to agree to a temporary cease fire.

All those who eat are called to care about the plight of those whose work produced the eating.

“They are also separating families, mothers from their children, at the border. That sends a definite signal, ‘Don’t come.’”