Some 160 bishops and 200 Catholic organizations will gather in Orlando to consider how the U.S. church can better promote the Gospel.

This is the 70th year the event has been held, modeled on similar blessings back in Portugal.

Senate proposal could “wreak havoc on low-income families and struggling communities, and must not be supported,” the bishops said in a statement released on Thursday evening.  

Just 38 percent of Catholics say they approve of the president.

“The Affordable Care Act for all of its flaws was a movement in favor of comprehensive health care,” Bishop Robert McElroy said.

On the same day the bishops decided to establish a permanent committee on religious liberty, they agreed to extend the work of an ad hoc committee on immigration.

Catholic bishops pledged to be more proactive in laying out a vision for comprehensive immigration reform.

Live updates from Indianapolis as the bishops gather for their annual spring meeting.

Some of the issues on the bishops’ agenda—immigration and health care specifically—have already caused a great deal of tension between the White House and Catholic leaders.

“We know what our traditions, we know what our differences are, but we also know what unites us.”