An LCWR initiative to seek out hidden and under-supported global south religious communities in the U.S. gained a wider audience this week.

NCR Today: Cardinal Daniel DiNardo's election as vice president of the USCCB makes him a key player in the appointment of bishops in the U.S.

NCR Today: The U.S. bishops voted Tuesday to continue a set of English translations of liturgical texts, approving new rites for the Catholic celebrations of marriage and confirmation.

On the Road to Peace: William Stringfellow has been part of my regular spiritual diet since graduate theology school. A new collection offers the best of his biblical insights.

Conversations with Sr. Camille: Raul Andrade came to the U.S. when he was 19. He now helps other Latin American immigrants earn a GED diploma or learn to use a computer.

Distinctly Catholic: I think everyone was surprised that the first ballot decided the election. It isn't easy to get more than 50 percent of the vote in a contest with 10 candidates.

NCR Today: World scrambles to help Philippines; NCR covers the bishops' meeting; imagine that the pope is coming to dinner.

As the U.S. bishops start their annual meeting, they face a number of tough choices, including with whom to eat. A Catholic Worker hopes they choose his alternative dinner Tuesday.