All Christians, including those of us who are not Catholic, must be thankful for the present stand of the bishops against human rights abuses - whether they be in China or in our own health care system.
There are several reasons, but they all come down to this -- I believe we are facing an inevitable and culture-determining decision on the three issues centrally identified in this statement.
"The city is saying in order to provide social services, you need to be secular. For us, that's really a problem," said a spokeswoman for the District of Columbia Archdiocese.
Today at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., I and a dozen evangelical, Catholic, and Orthodox leaders face the microphones to announce the release of an historic document.
