Marx stopped short of a full endorsement of blessings for same-sex couples, but made it clear he was open to approving such benedictions in private ceremonies.

The law has fueled a diplomatic crisis with Israel, which fears it would enable Poland to whitewash the role of the Poles who killed or denounced Jews during the Holocaust.

The Pope called his message "Because of the increase of evildoing, the love of many will grow cold."

After 52 years of armed conflict in Colombia, government and rebel leaders reached a peace accord in late 2016. Now, the country is rebuilding.

Philadelphia Eagles punter Donnie Jones, a lifelong Catholic, believes that God has guided him throughout his NFL career and vocation as a husband and father.

"Today, Indians are the poorest of all American ethnic groups," said Father Michael Carson, a Choctaw Indian who is assistant director of Native American affairs for the U.S. bishops' Secretariat for Cultural Diversity in the Church.