With a smile on his face and his right arm raised in the air, Francis placed his two middle fingers in his palms and signed “I love you.”

President Donald Trump announced he is nominating D.C. Circuit Court Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, using a prime-time television address on Monday that will kick off a contentious battle in Washington over the replacement for Justice Anthony Kennedy and the future of the court.

Father Michael Pfleger led protestors up the Dan Ryan Expressway in Chicago.

A group of bishops, including the head of the U.S. bishops conference, will visit the border early next week.

Another Supreme Court nominee by President Trump could tilt the balance against the 1973 Roe v. Wade court decision that legalized abortion nationwide.

Photographer Tom Kiefer took a job at U.S. Customs and was horrified to discover personal items in the trash. He decided to show them to the world.

“I hope to share ‘best practices’ from parishes that have successfully reached out to the L.G.B.T. Catholic community,” Father Martin told America.

A conference on “Overcoming Polarization Through Catholic Social Thought” focused on achieving civil discourse in the church and in U.S. society.

Baltimore is not the first Catholic diocese in the United States to allow weddings outside of churches, but it is still very rare.

“Our continuing participation could result in me advocating for two different, and even contradictory, positions,” Bishop Deeley wrote.