Referring to businesses that hire employees on part-time contracts so they don't have to provide health and pension benefits, Francis said that was akin to sucking the blood from their workers' veins, leaving them "to eat air."

“Obviously we do want to be a voice for pro-life, family friendly kinds of policies."

"Obviously, we do want to be a voice for pro-life, family-friendly kinds of policies."

People of faith have the responsibility to "advocate for their faith," not only through good works, but on spiritual realms—one being through prayer, U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wisconsin, said on May 17.He made the comments at the 12th annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast,

The Shrine of Our Lady of Martyrs covers 400 acres in Auriesville on the site of the 17th-century Mohawk village of Ossernenon, where the "Lily of the Mohawks," St. Kateri Tekakwitha, was born.

A report on May 17 by the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office found deepening segregation of black and Hispanic students nationwide, with a large increase among K-12 public schools.