From left; Father Michael J.K. Fuller, Archbishop Timothy Broglio and Archbishop William Lori of Baltimore conduct the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops plenary assembly in Baltimore, ...

It’s not just the White House that seems to be tuning out the Catholic hierarchy. In Baltimore, the bishops were open about their ongoing struggle to connect with a different group: American Catholics ...

In a rare statement, the bishops framed the immigration crisis in starkly moral terms. “We feel compelled now in this environment to raise our voices in defense of God-given human dignity,” they said.

“We face a growing worldview that is so often at odds with the Gospel mandate to love thy neighbor,” the group said in a letter to Pope Leo. By Elizabeth Dias Elizabeth Dias reported from Baltimore, ...