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The Mexican bishops' conference expressed sorrow over a unanimous Supreme Court decision to decriminalize abortion, while other church leaders called on Catholics to "not to be indifferent" on issues of life.

There is no place for discrimination or divisive distinctions among people who believe in Christ, Pope Francis said during his weekly general audience.

In the two decades since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, several Catholics in the Arlington Diocese -- where the Pentagon was hit by a hijacked plane -- say they relied on their faith that day and in the years since to process what happened.

Polarization across society has prompted the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops to launch an initiative that looks to bring people together to serve the common good.

Two members of Congress have introduced a bill to expand successful trafficking prevention efforts in schools and businesses.

When the last days of August roll around every year, that's when the memories start to return to Thomas Damore.

The Vatican has issued the preparatory document and a "handbook" for dioceses as part of the global church's preparation for the 2023 assembly of the Synod of Bishops, discussing the theme, "For a synodal church: communion, participation and mission."

"We are still too quick to judge a book by its cover," Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory of Washington said at the Archdiocese of Washington's annual Labor Day Mass.

The ultimate purpose of the Eucharist is mission, Mary Healy, a professor of Sacred Scripture at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit, told the 52nd International Eucharistic Congress.

The Mexican bishops' migrant ministry and Scalabrinian missionaries have announced plans for providing increased pastoral and material attention to migrants and asylum-seekers stuck in the southern Mexican city of Tapachula.