Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini on Monday defended his invocation of God at a political rally, after Italy's Catholic establishment criticized it as a cynical exploitation of faith ahead of European Parliament elections this weekend.

The archdiocese of Detroit, in an effort to encourage keeping Sundays as "The Lord's Day," will institute a policy of banning parish and school athletic games starting on Aug. 1.

In a series of tweets about abortion, Trump did not state whether he was for or against the new Alabama law

The "first and most important thing" is "getting out in the field and meeting the people," Archbishop Gregory said.

Five U.S. bishops, chairmen of U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' committees or subcommittees, said May 17 they were "gravely disappointed" with the U.S. House of Representatives passage of the Equality Act.

The Marquette students are part of a growing movement of tech sector professionals, religious leaders and Silicon Valley workers wrestling with profound questions about whether future technologies will be used for good or evil.