The apostolic nuncio to Mexico urged the country's bishops to "look reality in the eye" as the country's non-Catholic population increases and Mexicans increasingly identify as nonreligious.

Without prayer, everything crumbles and any initiatives for church reform will just be proposals by some group and not the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, Pope Francis said.

Amid a surge in violence across the country against Asian-Americans, Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone led a prayer service for unity, healing and peace April 10.

Jack Hayes is one of the local recipients of the annual Jefferson Award for his hands-on help to the needy of Marin County.

After a night of protests and vandalism April 11 in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, following the police shooting of Daunte Wright, Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda of St. Paul and Minneapolis urged prayers for justice and peace.

Women religious have long ministered to people experiencing homeless or inadequate housing. They operate shelters and assistance programs designed to help people stay off the streets. But rather than wait for a tsunami of evictions on the other side of the moratorium, some sisters have started organizing fundraisers for rent and utility relief, hoping to help renters chip away at their growing bills.

Safeguarding experts have published proposals in the "Periodica" faculty canon law journal of the Pontifical Gregorian University to help foster more analysis and wider discussion on work still needed to safeguard minors and vulnerable people in the Catholic Church.

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in a 5-4 decision that California's ban on at-home worship for Bible study groups or prayer groups violates the First Amendment's guarantee of the free exercise of religion.