In letters to congressional leaders, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops urged a “circle of protection” around programs that serve “the least among us.”

Health care workers and aid agencies have stepped up efforts to prevent the water-borne disease from spreading during the rainy season.

The Rev. Edwin Gariguez of the Philippines was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize for his “fearless” leadership in protecting the indigenous community on the island of Mindoro.

American Catholics must resist unjust laws “as a duty of citizenship and an obligation of faith,” the U.S. bishops committee on religious liberty wrote in a statement.

A military attack on Iranian nuclear facilities would not, in view of the U.S. bishops and other Catholic leaders, be justified under Catholic teaching.

The Irish Association of Catholic Priests said it is “disturbed” that the group’s founder, Fr. Tony Flannery, is under investigation by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.