In response to President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting citizens of 19 countries from entering the United States, Boston College’s Office of Global Engagement (OGE) and the Office of International Students and Scholars (OISS) urged affected international students and scholars to remain in—or urgently return to—the country before the order took effect on June 9, warning that reentry might soon be impossible.

For many Catholics, Pope Francis has been a revitalizing force for the Church, albeit not without controversy. In April 2016 the pontiff released, “Amoris Laetitia,” or “The Joy of Love,” which...

BC Theology professor Kristin Heyer expected the meeting to be quite formal, but instead laughed and cried within the first several minutes.