The four-page letter offers a "pastoral reflection" on the challenges the assisted-dying law.

Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski of Miami was one of the first Catholic Church officials to respond on Nov. 26 after the death of Fidel Castro. “The death of this figure should lead us to invoke the patroness of Cuba, the Virgin of Charity, calling for peace for Cuba and its people,” he said

Deep inside Syria, a bishop worked around the blurred edges of international law to save the lives of more than 200 people.

Immigration is an ancient and contemporary reality; human beings have always sought better conditions for their lives.

The New York archdiocese's program lets people take claims to a noted outside mediator while keeping painful details private.

"Despite all divergences, we believe a political compromise is still possible," the bishops said in a Dec. 2 statement.