My son hates to sing. And the place Bobby hates to sing the most is in Mass.

Everything that she was, formed who he became.

The truce does not include the Islamic State group or al-Qaida's branch in Syria. Several previous ceasefires all collapsed, some of them in a matter of days.

Although the total was slightly higher from the 3.2 million visitors received by Pope Francis in 2015, for a jubilee year it still fell short of the 5.9 million pilgrims who visited in 2014.

The imbalance in the world, one Jesuit expert has said, reflects how years of papal pleas and Vatican mandates have not been received or implemented consistently everywhere.

Bishop Vásquez points out that there are more than 740,000 young people who have received and benefitted from DACA.

The ruling Communist Party has long feared that opposition to its rule could be spread by religious and other civic groups outside its control.

Cardinal Bechara Rai, patriarch of Maronite Catholics, appealed to the international community to work to end terrorism "that is killing and displacing families and depriving them of their rights and dignities."

Archbishop Wester: "Countless nonprofits and civic organizations work to fill food baskets, but some legislators want to take food out of another basket, the grocery basket, with their proposed food tax."

"The week serves as both a time for prayer and action to highlight the contributions of immigrants and vulnerable populations coming to the United States."

Dear Pope Francis, dear Holy Father, as a father please take care of my life. I am very much depressed. My health is deteriorating," the priest is seen saying.

Cardinal Dolan said he looks forward "to asking Almighty God to inspire and guide our new President and to continue to bless our great Nation.”

The greatest gift parents can offer their children is the space to allow them to become fully themselves.

These people's lives gave us a glimpse of something meaningful, something that liberated or encouraged us.

Besides politics, readers were interested in stories about liturgy, racism, interfaith issues and gender.

Though he turned 80 a couple of weeks ago, Pope Francis did not slow down in 2016.

What books made the reader a better person when he or she turned the final page?

Singer and songwriter Alanna Boudreau discusses how Catholicism influences her music.

Accompaniment, unlike charity, can't be done from a distance.