The church's recovery and rehabilitation program has become one of its largest and far-reaching natural disaster responses in the country.

Cesareo wrote that this "apparent complacency" could indicate that some in the church think "sexual abuse of minors by the clergy is now an historic event of the past."

"The situation is dire. We must do more to help [the Rohingya]," said the ambassador.

The leaders sent a letter to President Donald Trump, administration officials and members of Congress.

"I came to this world very humble and poor, and I want to die poor as well," said Bolivian cardinal-designate Toribio Ticona Porco.

"As a society, we must strive for a way to end such acts of senseless gun violence in our schools and communities," Cardinal DiNardo said in a May 18 statement.

The U.S. Bishops have praised the decision.

Church leaders have criticized the government for siding with a vocal secular minority.

Christian and Muslim leaders in the Central African Republic have accused foreign states of complicity in a May 1 gun and grenade attack on a Catholic Mass.

Witnesses said many police were present May 8 but did nothing to stop the attack on about a dozen nuns.