Catholic health care leaders said they hope Congress will work together, in small steps, to fix flaws in the current legislation.

The Korean bishops' Committee for the Reconciliation of the Korean People held a symposium and stressed that a peace accord would help usher in better relations with the North.

"Resettling only 50,000 refugees a year, down from 110,000, does not reflect the need, our compassion, and our capacity as a nation," Bishop Joe S. Vasquez said.

If the Greeks had Antigone, Americans have Dorothy Day.

The church’s opposition to racism should be a consistent and constant force in our country.