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The seeming indifference of the Filipino faithful to thousands of drug-related killings across the country has pushed a Catholic bishop in Manila to the point of calling himself a failure as a pastor.

While digital technologies have led to advancements in communication and education, they also have led to the exploitation of children on the internet, Pope Francis said.

Pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong have continued to escalate into violence, with many apparent incidents of forceful police tactics, including at a Catholic church, caught on camera and uploaded to social media.

Pope Francis told students never to be afraid of their desire for truth and never settle for mediocrity. "May you feel a healthy ambition to add something original that also may be concrete and useful," he said Nov. 14.

During their Nov. 11-13 meeting in Baltimore, the U.S. bishops elected new officers and discussed challenges in the church and the nation. They spoke of their renewed efforts to help immigrants, youth and young adults, pregnant women and the poor as well their steps to combat gun violence and racism.

“We are all learning the pain and joy of community life where the weakest members open hearts to compassion and lead us into deeper union with Jesus.," says Stanely Hauerwas. "We are learning to befriend them, and through and with them to befriend Jesus.”

Pope Francis warned that violence against Jewish people, which reached a state of horror during World War II, is on the rise again.

The court heard arguments on three separate appellate court rulings that have blocked President Donald Trump's 2017 order to end DACA -- a 2012 program that has enabled about 700,000 qualifying young people, known as "Dreamers" to work, get health insurance, a driver's license and not face deportation.

BALTIMORE, Md. - The U.S. Catholic bishops approved a letter to supplement their voting document on Tuesday - but not without controversy during debate on the “preeminent priority” of abortion.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - When he became a priest four decades ago, Archbishop Jose Gomez did not expect that he would one day lead the largest archdiocese in the U.S., or the country’s bishops’ conference. “I just wanted to be a priest,” Gomez told CNA with a laugh, speaking about his election.

“Do you feel that we and our collaborators have been far-sighted and proactive in efforts at evangelization, anticipating cultural, philosophical, and political trends,” Archbishop Christoph Pierre asked, “or do we find ourselves in the position of having been reactive?”

"All members of the Church need to learn to listen more, reach out to others with differing backgrounds and perspectives, and move beyond ecclesial and ideological divisions to work together for the good of the Church," says a report by a Georgetown University project studying lay participation in the U.S. church.

ROME, Itlay - Go out to meet the poor, listen to them, and speak to them with the heart of Jesus, Pope Francis said Saturday at Mass in the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran.

Msgr. Michael Padazinski, JCD, chancellor of the Archdiocese of San Francisco and pastor of St. Patrick Parish in Larkspur, has been elected vice president-elect of the Canon Law Society of America.

Archbishop Cordileone delivered a keynote talk on the importance of the defense of human life and encouraged those in attendance to keep up the work promoting a culture of life amid the prevailing culture of death. He praised San Mateo Pro Life for its efforts “on the front lines and in the trenches."

“The centuries pass,” says Pope Francis in a reflection on Psalm 9 for the third World Day of the Poor [Sunday, Nov. 17], but the condition of rich and poor remains constant, as if history has taught us nothing. The words of the Psalm, then, are not about the past, but about our present, as it stands before God’s judgment.”

An award named after Mother Teresa was given this week for outstanding efforts in social justice to a U.S.-based non-profit that has unmasked forced organ harvesting in China.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. bishops' conference discredited a recent book it says perpetuates a myth that it is resistant to Pope Francis, as the author defended the his claims.

At a time when "situations of injustice and human pain" seem to be growing around the globe, Christians are called to "accompany the victims, to see in their faces the face of our crucified Lord," Pope Francis said.

A federal judge in New York overturned the Trump administration’s conscience protection rule for health care workers on Wednesday, saying it broke with longstanding legal frameworks on federal reimbursement of state health services.