The statement from the Kazakh bishops can be interpreted as a response to Pope Francis' apostolic exhortation, "Amoris Laetitia."

President Trump tweeted in September that Texas churches should be “entitled to reimbursement from FEMA” for aiding Hurricane Harvey victims.

It was the first time a baby has been abandoned under the Angel Cradle program since it began in Edmonton in May 2013.

Pope Francis also prayed for the victims of the attacks on Sunday.

In his homily on New Year’s eve,, the pope said God gave to us a “whole and sound” year, but “we humans in so many ways ruined and hurt it.”

At Vatican II, the pope said, the church recognized its responsibility to “proclaim the Gospel in a new way.”