Religious leaders hope the latest peace deal will bring an end to attacks on churches and mosques.

"As I see it, this problem is rooted in our society's broader loss of the awareness of God," the archbishop said.

Mary McCord, lead counsel for the Diocese of Brownsville, said there's no reason to believe that the area where federal officials want to build the wall near the chapel is of particular importance or shows heightened activity that would make it crucial to U.S. security.

President Donald Trump told the National Prayer Breakfast that his administration would defend the right of faith-based adoption agencies to place children in families based on firmly held religious beliefs.

The largest association of religious sisters in the United States called Thursday for an overhaul of the male-led leadership structure of the Catholic Church.

That many religions exist in the world is a fact, but what that plurality communicates to believers about God is a question that theologians are still discussing.