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.
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."
“If the military objective is really regime change, that’s hard to justify in Catholic approaches to humanitarian intervention,” said one ethicist.
A Vatican official urged all involved in the global economy to work for the common good and the protection of the most vulnerable.
Deacon Bernard V. Nojadera has been named to head the U.S. bishops’ Secretariat of Child and Youth Protection.
Budget cuts in many states caused school districts to eliminate or reduce their summer nutrition programs.