Representative Mark Walker of North Carolina said he wanted Father Conroy’s successor to be somebody with children.

The U.S. House rejected a proposal to investigate the ouster of Patrick Conroy, S.J., by Speaker Paul Ryan, and one Republican calls for a chaplain with children.

Patrick Conroy, S.J., submitted his resignation earlier this month. The Hill reports that a prayer seen as critical of the Republican tax bill may have been a factor.

James Shaw Jr., the hero who disarmed the shooter of his AR-15 rifle, likely prevented even more people from being hurt or killed.

Archbishop Gomez called the USA Act a “good-faith compromise.”

There is a difference between discriminating against someone because of the group to which he belongs and discriminating against someone on the basis of his actions.