Akyra Murray, who just recently graduated from West Catholic Preparatory High School, was the youngest victim of the Orlando nightclub shooting June 12.According to news reports, Murray's family went to Orlando to celebrate her graduation, and she and her cousin and friend decided to go dancing

Syriac Catholic Patriarch Ignace Joseph III Younan and Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II of the Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch in a joint statement, stressed that "the wound of forced emigration is still bleeding."

"Reflecting on the lives of these great men and women can show us how we might serve as witnesses to freedom today."

"Bill C-14, no matter how it may be amended, is an affront to human dignity."

"Obviously, we do want to be a voice for pro-life, family-friendly kinds of policies."

People of faith have the responsibility to "advocate for their faith," not only through good works, but on spiritual realms—one being through prayer, U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wisconsin, said on May 17.He made the comments at the 12th annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast,

"Pfizer makes its products to enhance and save the lives of the patients we serve.... Pfizer strongly objects to the use of its products as lethal injections for capital punishment."

"We have a pope who is concerned about the environment, about mercy, compassion and love, and a deep passion, care and concern for the poor and for displaced peoples roaming the face of this earth."

Two mandates from the New York State Department of Financial Services have been placed on insurers—without any legislative or regulatory enactment—that have the effect of forcing religious and other employers to pay for abortions in employee health plans.

"An abrupt closure of the two camps would mean a humanitarian catastrophe for the region..."