"The sisters give to us a great sample of courage, presenting the Gospel in a way people can understand it and a way people can respond to it."

Three officers are confirmed dead and three others wounded after a shooting in Baton Rouge, a sheriff's office spokeswoman said Sunday. One suspect is dead and law enforcement officials believe two others are still at large, the spokeswoman said.Casey Rayborn Hicks, a spokeswoman for the East Ba

The Dignity for the Unborn law was to have gone into effect July 1, but a U.S. District Court Judge granted a injunction on its enforcement.

Church leaders are alarmed by the "political, social and economic meltdown, which has caused untold suffering..."

"Statistics show that 80 percent will leave their faith by age 23....We felt the call to help in this new means of evangelization."

A medical unit with Vatican license plates lets the migrants, "who live in truly inhumane conditions" see and experience "the closeness of the pope and the church."