Currently, 27 states and the District of Columbia have some type of school choice measure in place and several states have legislation on the table for it this year.

In a five page “open letter,” Zachary Fardon traced problems in the city’s most troubled neighborhoods to neglect “rooted in ugly truths about power politics, race and racism.

"Let us think about Patrick the 'unlearned refugee' (as he once described himself), the slave in exile, Patrick the undocumented migrant."

"The raison d'etre of the church is evangelization. It's not a business, it's not an organization or an association for the defense of Jesus," Archbishop Pierre said.

The president’s proposed budget calls for ending several international aid programs.

St. Paul warns of "the risk that our charity can become hypocritical," the pope said.