Proponents say the program will help to provide scholarships for 6,000 to 10,000 students in religious and other private schools statewide.

Catholic leaders voice alarm that the president will end the DACA program protecting undocumented individuals brought to the U.S. as children.

Mr. Spicer, a Catholic, had expressed a desire to meet Pope Francis in May, but he was left off the list of U.S. officials who accompanied President Trump to the Vatican.

An ad hoc committee to deal with racism in society and in the church may lead to the first pastoral letter on racism written by U.S. bishops since 1979

“For too long, the sin of racism has lived and thrived in our communities and even in some of our churches.”

During an exchange with a nun at a town hall, the Republican leader of the House argued that government is ineffective in fighting poverty.

“Religious persecution and intolerance remains far too prevalent,” Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said.

A second statement from the U.S. bishops read: “We stand against the evil of racism, white supremacy and neo-Nazism.”

The U.S. bishops “stand with all who are oppressed by evil ideology.”

According to a new report, a large gap exists between the median salaries of administrative positions and pastoral positions.