Two prominent Filipino cardinals, Luis Antonio Tagle and Pablo Virgilio David, criticized discrimination against migrants in separate speeches at a Catholic forum in Manila.

The Israeli strike on the Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza killed three people and wounded 10, including the resident priest.

Bishop Michael Pham already has become a prominent church activist for protection of undocumented immigrants. At his installation Mass, the new shepherd likened himself to Yoda in "Star Wars" — "ready ...