"The image of an island is a very beautiful one and is very significant. It is a place of refuge from waters that are turbulent, a refuge for those people who have the courage to approach it from any side."

“We’ve become too polarized...We’ve believed that we’ve become gods on both sides, on the left and on the right, and neither one of them are correct.”

Pope Francis created 17 new cardinals from 14 countries and all continents, including three from the United States.

The court deferred to the wishes of the family "because petitioner has set forth a justifiable, good, and substantial reason for moving the remains."

We’ve been together for decades, but I've finally broken up with my parish.

Using too broad a brush to paint any group of people is rarely a good idea, including a hierarchy composed of hundreds of individuals.