Father J. Bryan Hehir believes that even the expanding reach of North Korean missiles cannot morally justify a preventive strike by the United States at this time.

“This is a pretty broad exception to the ban,” David Robinson says, “and it does allow for legitimate entry into the United States for people who can pass the screening process, which is what we want.”

Pope Francis will create five new cardinals at a consistory in Rome scheduled for June 28.

United Nations sources report that as many as 30 million are threatened by hunger in South Sudan, Somalia, Nigeria and Yemen—and 20 million “are at immediate risk.”

Congress is asking the nation to make “immoral choices,” said Sister Keehan, the president of the Catholic Health Association.

Those serving the homeless and other marginalized communities are living the pope's vision of the church as a spiritual field hospital.

The budget’s moral measure will be assessed by “how well it promotes the common good of all,” the bishops write.

“It’s hard for me to credit that the president is now vigorously acting in Hillary Clinton’s interest,” says Philip Lacovara.

U.S. bishops called on the Senate to strip out the harmful provisions of the bill when the chamber takes it up for consideration or essentially to start over on GOP efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare.

Predictably Mr. Trump has also clashed with the Catholic Church and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops on many of the policies he has promoted during his first 100 days.