The Catholic bishops' conferences of Africa, Asia and Latin America called for the world's governments to "adopt a treaty to stop proliferation and abandon fossil fuels as a moral and political imperative."

The fledgling Catholic farming program of the Edmundite Misisons has distributed $78,000 to 19 farmers in central Alabama to assist with farming supplies including seeds, piping for irrigation and cold storage.

With the help of grants from the St. Louis Archdiocese, Catholics have taken steps to lessen the waste associated with serving hundreds, and in some cases, 1,000 meals in a single night during Lenten fish fries.