“We cannot be silent in the face of words or actions that would undermine the institution of marriage," Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan said.
House Republicans passed a 2013 budget reconciliation package that included cuts in social services despite an appeal from the U.S. bishops.
Hundreds of faith-based and grass-roots organizations are working alongside the Occupy Wall Street movement.
An American spokesperson for Al Qaeda said that because of church scandals Catholics were 'fertile ground' for conversion.
A Vatican decree on May 2 established new norms for Caritas Internationalis, giving Vatican offices greater authority over the work of the umbrella group of 162 Catholic aid agencies around the world.