In 14 points, the bishops ask forgiveness for the role that some members of the Catholic Church played during the genocide, especially for the pastors that "sowed seeds of hate."

For 107 years America magazine has led the conversation about faith and culture in the United States.

The detainees don’t often get asked for their prayers.

Pope Francis: "If you do not listen to people, how can you preach?”

Given that just days before the bishops met, the United States wrapped up a bizarre election season, there were some sparks in Baltimore about what to expect under President-elect Donald J. Trump.

Yangon Cardinal Charles Bo said it was time to "reverse the trend" of a 60-year decline in Myanmar.

"The problem that we have today, not only in society but also in the church, is that we've become too polarized," Cardinal Kevin Farrell, an Irish-born prelate who was bishop of Dallas before taking over a Vatican department on family life earlier this year, told America.

How do you carry on when a majority of your own church, clerical and lay, denounces you?