Budget cuts in many states caused school districts to eliminate or reduce their summer nutrition programs.
Pope Benedict XVI prayed that the world's Gypsies no longer be subjected to prejudice, oppression and rejection.
The latest of the four Amazon activists to be killed was Adelino Ramos, a farmer and leader of the Corumbiara Peasant Movement.
Structural discrimination and a steady increase in violence in Pakistan are creating a system of two-tiered citizenship, one for Muslims and one for non-Muslims.
"There are many terrible scenarios that are pointing to war," Bishop Eduardo Hiiboro Kussala said.
For the first time, an international meeting of bishops’ representatives heard testimony from a survivor of clergy sexual abuse.
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.