More than 350 participants from across the country registered for the event.

Castile’s mother, Valerie, requested that the service be held at the cathedral as a way for “people to come together in a new way."

"It's really a privilege to be able to offer up whatever we're going through," a cathedral parishioner said.

The pope's visit will be his 16th trip outside Italy.

Bill Cunningham chose a life of simplicity. For years he slept on a cot in a cramped single room. No kitchen, no bathroom.

The Hindu population of the United States is growing, now reaching about 2.5 million.

South Sudan's government has said at least 272 have been killed, including 33 civilians.

Do we really expect that Americans will tolerate indefinitely horrors like people of color being killed by police, mass incidents of gun violence and the growing chasm between rich and poor?

The "police are not a faceless enemy" and "the suspects in crimes or routine traffic stops are not just a faceless threat," but members of families in "need of assistance, protection and fairness."

According to a report issued June 28 by the Natural Resources Defense Council, an estimated 18 million Americans are at risk of drinking lead-tainted water yet not know it.

Pope Francis' recent call for the church and for Catholics to apologize to the L.G.B.T. community is cause for hope.

No similar investigation into the Iraq war has taken place here or is even suggested.

'Shuffle Along' was the first musical to feature an all-black cast.

Pell, a longtime critic of the Vatican's financial inefficiencies, had assumed control in a bid to assert authority over different areas of the Vatican's finances. Over time, Francis has trimmed his reach.

"We condemn all acts of violence without exception," the South Sudan Council of Churches said, noting that it is "time to build a peaceful nation."

Pope Francis named a new apostolic nuncio to Cape Verde among several other appointments on July 9th.

It is not hard to see why Federico Lombardi, S.J., was so beloved by the Vatican press corps.

After an unsuccessful effort to get delegates to amend the platform language on abortion, Kristen Day said she will urge party leaders to look beyond winning the White House.

"It is better to avoid using the expression ‘the reform of the reform’...given that this has sometimes been the source of misunderstanding."