WASHINGTON (CNS) -- A rising tide lifts all boats, according to the popular economic adage. But what if the reverse also is true? What happens when wages are depressed, and illegally so? The Catholic Labor Network, based in Washington, is testing that theory right now through its Mid-Atlantic Construction Wage Theft Project. It has sent a man to construction sites in Maryland and the District of Columbia to talk to workers to learn who hired them and how much they're getting paid.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The 12-year process of updating the Code of Canon Law section dealing with crimes and penalties was necessary "to make it more organic and responsive to new situations and problems," Pope Francis said.

CAMBRIDGE -- When Doug Pollander graduated from St. Peter School in 1998, he had no idea he would someday return as a staff member. Six years ago, Pollander was working at a restaurant in Boston's Seaport District when the father of a friend from his graduating class reached out to him about a work opportunity as a chef for St. Peter School.