Pope Francis, in a message to mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, highlights the importance of inclusion and active participation for those with disabilities. He also denounces the throwaway culture, which affects the most vulnerable.

In one of the regions of El Salvador most battered in a bloody war funded by American dollars, four Catholic women from the U.S. were hailed as examples of solidarity, of Christian faith and martyrdom, as Salvadorans remembered them Dec. 2, the 40th anniversary of their assassination.

St. Vincent de Paul and The Diocese of Tucson are partnering for a critical food drive to help meet the high demand for assistance. 

"This is a long time coming. We will be witnessing and experiencing something in the church that has never happened before, an African American cardinal. In the church's 2,000 years this has never happened, and we have the great gift, the great privilege to witness this," Father Boxie said.