A new survey finds that Catholics in the US are making up their own minds about social and moral concerns. As one of the authors of the survey, William D’Antonio, said, American Catholics like being Catholic but they like to do it on their own terms.

Gerald Kicanas, bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese of Tucson, says Arizona's new immigration law is not a solution to our broken immigration system, and the dignity of migrants needs to be respected.

Thomas J. Reese, SJ, talks about white and Hispanic Catholic voters and suggests how President Obama's own biography could help him connect with ethnic Catholics.

With Congress unable to agree on immigration law reform, many local governments are trying to act on their own to discourage illegal immigrants from settling in their towns. Some say that's just protecting their communities, but others call it racism.