“Creating space for a variety of pastoral responses is not decentralization. It’s a response to the realities in which people live.”

The selection of Mr. Pence ends months of speculation over whether one of the nation’s most prestigious Catholic universities would honor President Donald J. Trump

U.S. Catholic bishops have issued a flurry of statements about the many executive orders signed by Mr. Trump.

“The Catholic Church stands in love with the Jewish community in the current face of anti-Semitism.”

The bill would prohibit cities and institutions of higher learning from declaring themselves sanctuary cities. There are currently no sanctuary cities in the state, although the city of Jackson proposed such a declaration last year.

Newark Cardinal Joseph Tobin was one of the nearly 1,000 lobbyists, business people and politicians who rode the rails from Newark to Washington to press New Jersey interests in the capital.