Members of St. Francis of Assisi Parish in this southern Mexican city rose early Oct. 24 to feed but a fraction of the Central American migrants traveling in a caravan, which is trying to traverse Mexico and reach the United States border.

The U.S. bishops need to revise—or replace— "Faithful Citizenship" in order to better reflect the teaching of Pope Francis and to respond to the authoritarian populist nationalism of Donald Trump and his administration.

The church needs our young people. But we elders cannot nurture them in the faith if we repel them.

Instead of skipping Mass, try these resources as a complement (not a substitute) to the homily.

In 2016, more than 93,000 people – 79 percent of them women -- reported domestic abuse to police, according to Statistics Canada.

The bishops of Virginia's two Catholic dioceses said in a joint statement Oct. 24 that they wanted to assure Catholics in the state and the public "we are cooperating with the attorney general's office."