Read a Jan. 9, 2003, Associated Press story posted on beliefnet.com on how faith groups have addressed environmental issues in the United States and abroad.

The Points of Light Foundation & Volunteer Center National Network mobilizes millions of volunteers to help solve social problems in thousands of communities. Contact Leona Hiraoka, vice president of communications.

Marcy Fink Campos is director of the Center for Community Engagement and Service at American University in Washington, D.C. The center supports student volunteerism that ranges from structured one-day projects to multi-year initiatives that lead to the development of independent nonprofit organizations.

Eighty-seven percent of those 45 and older had volunteered to help their community or a person in need in the last 12 months, according to “Time and Money: An In-Depth Look at 45+ Volunteers and Donors,” a 2003 study by AARP.

Amitai Etzioni, a sociologist, is University professor at the George Washington University in Washington, D.C., and the author of From Empire to Community: A New Approach to International Relations (Palgrave Macmillan, 2004).

David Luban is a professor of law at the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C. He teaches about legal ethics and has written in an online blog that “pacifists should not join the Army, and people who do not wish to fill prescriptions should not become pharmacists.”

Paul Rosenzweig is a visiting fellow at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative Washington think tank.

Read a February 27, 2013, article at Salon.com about hurdles to obtaining emergency contraception.

Read a March 5, 2013, article in Catholic Education Daily about the 2013 Health Care Conscience Rights Act.