Like the religious authorities of the Sanhedrin criticized by Jesus, some clergy are faithful only to themselves, "rich in devout reverence to the past," wrote Italian biblicist Father Giulio Cirignano.

Pope Francis called on Muslims and Jews in the Holy Land to "moderation and dialogue" as tensions continued around a key site in Jerusalem that is sacred to members of both faiths.

The parents of Charlie Gard dropped their legal bid Monday to send him to the United States for an experimental treatment after new medical tests showed that the window of opportunity to help him had closed.

"A nation's budget is a moral document," said Bishop Frank J. Dewane of Venice, Fla.

Bishop Frank J. Dewane called both the House and Senate health care bills “seriously flawed.”

In September, the pope will beatify a bishop and a priest filled in the country's decades-long civil war.