The U.S. bishops approved extensive revisions to their 2002 "Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People" June 16. Bishop Blase Cupich said it must remain "a front-burner issue."

A Vatican official urged all involved in the global economy to work for the common good and the protection of the most vulnerable.

Budget cuts in many states caused school districts to eliminate or reduce their summer nutrition programs.

The latest of the four Amazon activists to be killed was Adelino Ramos, a farmer and leader of the Corumbiara Peasant Movement.

"There are many terrible scenarios that are pointing to war," Bishop Eduardo Hiiboro Kussala said.

John Garvey, president of Catholic University, said the school will be taking a stand against the "culture of hooking up" by phasing out coed dorms.