Analysis: After drawing a line in the sand on health care, a growing number of bishops are pushing back, arguing that hard-line rhetoric puts them in an untenable position.
Has anything changed with the U.S. Catholic bishops? It is far too early to tell, but there were a few interesting things that occurred last week in Baltimore. First of all, the bishops returned to their normal process for selecting their president by elevating the current vice president to the presidency.
USCCB meeting: St. Petersburg, Fla., Bishop Robert Lynch said the bishops "didn't do a lot to advance the kingdom of God on earth -- at least publicly."