A large part of the exhibit at a Washington museum known as The Phillips Collection, focuses on the emotional toll as well as the dangers of such immigration journeys, and one experienced in modern times by a record 70.8 million around the world, fleeing war, persecution and conflict.

Nearly four in 10 young adults ages 18 to 29 are religiously unaffiliated — or nones — and are four times more likely as young adults a generation ago to identify this way, according to a study by the Public Religion Research Institute. Among college students surveyed by Trinity College, 32% identified their worldview as religious; 32% as spiritual; and 28% as secular.

Your thoughts: More NCR readers wrote in with thoughts on Bishop James Wall's recent annoucement that he would begin celebrating Mass in his cathedral ad orientem, that is, "toward the east," with his back to the people.

Featured Advertisers

After Brebeuf Jesuit HS refused to fire a teacher in a same-sex marriage, students are being excluded from Catholic events in the archdiocese. Show your solidarity today!

Save 50% on Monks' Bread. Stock up on all your favorites. Every purchase helps support the Trappist Monks of the Genesee Abbey.