The consolidation is a work in progress. The brethren have mixed feelings about it, and their provincials know it.

The international press lauded the election of an openly gay son of an Indian immigrant as a sign of how progressive our tiny little island had become.

Rising seas due to global warming have rendered the coastal high-water marks more obsolete by the day. That is especially true in the Miami area, which every media report on sea-level rise seems to profile as ground zero for deluge doom.

Pope Francis will create five new cardinals at a consistory in Rome scheduled for June 28.

Catholic bishops pledged to be more proactive in laying out a vision for comprehensive immigration reform.

Live updates from Indianapolis as the bishops gather for their annual spring meeting.