Cardinal DiNardo, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, said Christians experience the pain of the family and friends of the victims "as if it were our own."

Pope Francis called on the world community to do more to protect the Yezidi minority in Iraq and Syria.

“You will see many protests during his mandate...because Honduras hasn’t fixed its age-old problems of inequality, exclusion, poor educational and health system, corruption and impunity.”

I want to be able to serve the state better. I want to be able to serve more of the state.

“The church deplores the excessive use of force on demonstrators who were only armed with Bibles, rosaries and branches.”

"A child born alive following an abortion should receive the same degree of care to preserve her life and health as would be given to any other child born alive at the same gestational age," said Cardinal Dolan of New York.