Christian and Muslim leaders in the Central African Republic have accused foreign states of complicity in a May 1 gun and grenade attack on a Catholic Mass.

The National Rifle Association gathering in Dallas attracted demonstrators on both sides of gun control—and an opportunity for dialogue.

Witnesses said many police were present May 8 but did nothing to stop the attack on about a dozen nuns.

Pope John Paul II described the Mafia as "a culture of death, profoundly inhuman, anti-Gospel, an enemy of human dignity and civil peace.''

Pope Francis had strongly favored the pact, which sought to integrate Iran into the global economy in exchange for remaining nuclear-free.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions has vowed to prosecute anyone who enters the United States illegally.