Some of Paris’ wounds are hidden; others are quite literally buried. Friday night’s events showed us the bloody gash of violence and opened up a new and seemingly more terrible wound.

Proponents of free trade make an important point when they observe that reduced trade barriers have played an important role in lifting hundreds of millions in the third world out of poverty, but the “benefits” to American workers are far more dubious.

Scores have been killed in numerous attacks across the city of Paris tonight. Reacting to the carnage in Paris, the Holy See called for a united and decisive response.

In a keynote address on Nov. 11, Archbishop Cupich urged that the United States finally fix its broken immigration system, begin treating migrants to its borders as people in need of protection, not detention and begin responding more generously to the Middle East crisis by accepting more people for refugee resettlement.

"The world has changed, it's now more complex and its violence is more concrete. What will be Canada's involvement in that new reality?"

The option for the poor is not just an option for each poor individual that we find on the roadside. Rather, it is an option that is both structural and structuring.

“This will be the most important abortion rights case before the Supreme Court in almost 25 years,” says Nancy Northup, president of the Center for Reproductive Rights.

"Are these two religions incompatible? They shouldn't be," Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama of Jos, Nigeria, said, noting that believers in both faiths are to greet people with a word of peace. "Dialogue between these two groups is possible. Islam and Christianity have come to stay in the subcontinent, with millions of adherents. It is very hard for one to eliminate the other."

Where is the focus on poverty, work and workers in the campaign?

Pope Francis has long urged Catholics to welcome refugees, saying the world is currently suffering from a "globalization of indifference," ignoring those who cry out for mercy. On Saturday, as a precursor to the Holy Year of Mercy to launch on 8 December, the Pope will formally recognize and pledge support for the JRS Global Education Initiative, an initiative aimed to extend JRS' educational programs to 100,000 additional refugees by the year 2020.

What today's politicians could learn from this incessant cigarette smoker, sailor and statesman-intellectual who endured a painful past while working toward a better though realistic future

Religious colleges, group homes and medical service providers must comply with the A.C.A. unless they give notice they are eligible for a religious accommodation.

Ukrainian religious leaders issued an appeal to President Barack Obama "on behalf of our people to help address the humanitarian catastrophe gripping our country. The needs are enormous, ranging from medical supplies to everyday items such as food, water, and clothing."

Pope Francis warned about the “error” of many people who, he said, are incapable of looking beyond the beauty of earthly things towards the transcendent.

Limits on private behavior in public housing go along with snob zoning laws.

November marks Black Catholic History Month, which was founded by the National Black Catholic Congress in 1990.

For the mystic—and in heaven—time falls away. Frustration gives way to fulfillment.

In 2012 the Obama administration, frustrated by Congress’s failure to pass the DREAM Act, launched a policy initiative that grants young people who came to the United States as children limited authorization to work and live in the country.

The church should be attentive to the voices of the numerous children affected by the divorce culture and the sexual revolution.

Obama's executive action expands a 2012 program known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals and creates the Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents.