Naional Conference Of Catholic Bishops

In issuing a plea for the U.S. government to halt its retrenchment of aid to the poor at home and abroad, the National Conference of Catholic Bishops this week approved a 10-point "framework for economic life" outlining moral principles that the bishops said should guide Catholic thinking and, they hope, influence public policy.

In issuing a plea for the U.S. government to halt its retrenchment of aid to the poor at home and abroad, the National Conference of Catholic Bishops this week approved a 10-point "framework for economic life" outlining moral principles that the bishops said should guide Catholic thinking and, they hope, influence public policy.