Opponents say the bill is flawed because it endangers "high-risk" populations, including the elderly, the uninsured and underinsured, the homeless, low-income individuals and those with intellectual disabilities.

Recreational marijuana could soon be legal in at least five states.

To follow Jesus, Catholics must tend to the poor and sick.

Two Catholic organizations are calling on physicians to urge the American Medical Association to maintain its current stance against physician-assisted suicide. The call from the Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the National Catholic Bioethics Center

In the last 10 years, the number of heroin-related overdoses nearly quadruple.

Deaths and injuries spike for children under 5, with 3-year-olds the most common shooters and victims.