The U.S. bishops’ committee on marriage and family released the letter “Always Our Children” in 1997 as an attempt to encourage parents not to abandon their gay and lesbian children and to assure them of God’s love.

“Amoris Laetitia” has yet to resonate with many black Catholics in the United States.

Catholic Extension’s gift is meant to ensure that the spiritual needs of those suffering can also be met.

Speaker Ryan will deliver the keynote address next month at the Al Smith dinner.

Australian bishops’ group urges a rejection of same-sex marriage in a national referendum, but other church leaders tell voters to follow their consciences.

Speaking at the United Nations, the Vatican’s secretary for relations with states, Archbishop Paul Gallagher, said the “world is awash” with weapons.

The American College of Physicians called for better promotion of palliative and hospice care, which opponents of physician-assisted suicide say are underutilized areas of medicine that could address concerns of patients facing difficult illnesses.

When a pope issues a document “motu proprio,” it means he does so by his own motivation, and it can mean a significant change to church law.

Due to “increasing negative feedback from various social media sites, the decision was made to withdraw the invitation extended to Father Martin.”

Mrs. Clinton writes that a TED Talk given by Pope Francis earlier this year helped her move beyond anger following her unexpected loss to Donald Trump.