Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe's has attacked Catholic bishops, accusing them of lying about the nation's dire social and economic situation.

Decrying the "sex-saturated world of contemporary Western culture," Catholic bishops in Canada are urging church members – married and single – to live chastely.

The US Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development has issued a strong statement on the economic crisis, urging the Bush administration and Congress to focus on finance as a moral issue.

The United States and its leaders must work together across party political divides to bring about a responsible transition in Iraq that ends the war at the earliest opportunity and minimizes the loss of lives, American and Iraqi.