represent all of the catholic bishops so again he's claiming that some of them are lying well sorry to break it to you but actually the statement is from all of the catholic bishops conference made a statement to t.p.m. reinforcing the bishops select some members to represent key issues on a national level so i guess that ryan's and burned by the people he was trying to call out yet again that's kind of comical right when he tries to boost the military's budget he has of calling the military liars i think it's called out when he tries to go after social programs and call the bishops messages unrepresentative he gets shut down too perhaps he should stop going around calling people liars and addressing their concerns instead hearing tough economic times we should not be giving the military more money than they're asking for and cutting social programs to pay for it no matter how many times these knock down he seems to stand back up dust off his pompoms and continue to cheer for most recent his most recent and right and most terrifying budget plan and so for all that paul ryan is tonight's tool time winner. now it looks like the f.b.i. has done it again this wednesday they sei

. >> paul ryan was attacked by the catholic's bishops and churchmen, and he just dismissed this today. watch his response. >> the catholic bishop's conference has come out and said they don't like what plan entails for cutting food stamps and a child credit for illegal immigrants. >> this is not all of the catholic bishops, and we just disagree. >> your response, congressman cleaver. >> i tell you if there is a suggestion that cutting food stamps, hurting the poor, will help them get out of poverty, then we should just take their homes, clothing, and food, and then they would automatically rise to a level of affluence. this is a sad moment, and i think the people of this country are going to see through it. there is a rather bold attempt to lift up the already up lifted, and to pull down those already down. and if you look at the budget that the house passed, it's clear, it's on paper, that the poor are the ones who will be victimized again. they're already victimized in the poverty, and they will be again should the budget pass. >> the fact is that nearly 75% participants in food stands are families with children. and from a government poi

conference of catholic bishop saying the gop budget should protect the poor and that it, quote, failsan, what's your response? >> the catholic bishop's conference has also come out and said that they don't like what the plan entails when it comes to cutting food stamps and also a child credit for illegal immigrants. what do you think about that? >> we disagree. we think quadrupling in this area has not succeeded in getting people out of poverty. >> what is your response, speaker boehner? >> i wanted to take a bigger look. >> just brushing it off. oh, sure, who cares what those peskyy bishops have to say. the gop seemed to think disagreeing with the bishop or all of the bishops was an attack on religion. >> the rule put forward by the obamaed a handwriting, constitutes -- >> it's about violating our first-amendment rights to freedom and conscience. >> under this president's administration, there is an assault on religion, an assault on the conviction and the beliefs of members of our society. >> folks, on this night, politics nation hypocrisy media is broken. joining me now is chris ha

catholic bishops. >> i think when the catholic church calls something a massive moral failure, you should listen. they know. >> let's listen to paul ryan said yesterday regarding the letter from the u.s. conferencelic bishops. >> these are not all the catholic bishops. we disagree. we think quadrupling spending in this area has not succeeded to get people out of poverty. one in six people are in poverty. the highest in a generation. >> what's amazing about that is the u.s. conference of catholic bishops said we are actually -- we are all the catholic bishops. >> when the pope speaks, are they offer all the catholics speaking at one time? of course. it's like saying the trinity spoke, not the holy ghost and god. the position of the church has to be taken seriously. the u.s. catholic bishops 0 who have a long tradition of speaking about concerns for the poor has to be taken into consideration. >> you have to consider though, there's here. you had the contraception debate a few months ago, yes, the bishops had a position there too but much louder in expressing that position. if you went to church on sunday, you heard about it. >> they coordinated politically with the house republican leadership. pa

conference on catholic bishops, their role in the debate on contraception and federal mandates. eresting thing happened last week, the u.s. conference on the catholic bishops sent several letters to the house committee saying that the paul ryan budget was not a moral document that it ignored the poor and the needy in society. a really interesting moment for not just catholics but the u.s. in terms of how the church is weighing in on social policy. you make the case that that was sort of an effort to appease the more moderate wing of the catholic church or catholics. >> i guess i'll prove i'm catholic by saying that i think the church's job in politics when it's doing it right is to make everybody feel guilty about something. and i think it's supposed to make -- it makes liberal catholics think harder about issue like abortion and assisted suicide and conservative catholics think harder about issues like social budget cuts. this week we saw both sides of this. you had the strong condemn nation of the republican budget, particularly cuts in food stamps. on the other hand, you had t

conference of catholic bishops. i wasn't stunned but so happy to see the u.s. conference of catholic bishops also send letters to paul ryan. the letter i'm going to read from their letter said a just spending bill cannot rely on disproportionate cuts in essential services to the poor and vulnerable. i've been a little bit tough on the bishops for being focused on other issues so bravo to the bishops, i'm giving them applause on that. so, i assume you're happy to see this united focus of catholics on this issue. >> absolutely. and i think what needs to be noted especially is that bishop blair and his co chair had sent a letter to congressman ryan before he issued his budget, and so that while a new release was released today with the same principles, they really did try to influence his thought about catholic social teaching. when congressman ryan said he's preaching the fullness of the gospel message he's been totally informed that this is not true yet continues to persist in it. i'm glad that they have spoken out against this. >> it is. it's so great finally. l

martha: the catholic bishops' conference has also come out and said they don't like what the plan entailso cutting food stamps and also a child credit for illegal immigrants. what do you think about that? >> well, we've always said we should not be giving tax credits to people who are not here illegally. that's just following through on policy that's been pretty well responded to on a bipartisan basis. um, these are not all the catholic bishops, and we just respectfully disagree. we think that quadrupling spending in this area has not succeeded to get people out of poverty. one in six people, martha, are in poverty today. poverty is at the highest rates under the president's failed policies. so what we're trying to do here is get people from welfare to work just like we succeeded in doing when we reformed cash welfare in 1996. we want to take those ideas and reform these other welfare programs so we don't keep people on welfare, but with get people to work, opportunity, prosperity, getting people out of poverty. that's what we're focusing on in our budget, attack the root causes of povert

conference of catholic bishops is drawing a line in the sand with the obama administration. they say are violations of religious freedom. at the center of the story, a plan to make religious groups to make controversial coverage for employees. john waage explains. >> they produced a new document called our first most cherished liberty. the catholic leadership is challenging a mandate by the obama administration. it requires health insurance companiess to provide contraceptives, sterilization and abortion-inducing drugs to employees. >> never before has the government forced people to buy a product that violates their conscience. >> president obama argues that the services are for individuals only. >> these employers won't have to pay for or provide contraceptive services. women who work here will have access just like other women. >> after weeks of deliberation, the bishops issued this strong statement, if we face the prospect of unjust laws, catholics in america in solidarity must have the courage not to obey them. no catholic welcomes it. we must discharge it as a duty of

most notably the conference did clash with the bishops on health care reform spokesman for about the vatican and u.s. bishops declined comment but father robert of catholicversity explains the leadership conference gets the authority from and isn't allowed to question the church or the bishops? as public representatives by the very existence than obligation to reflect fundamental church teaching on matters. the cracks and nuns has ignited intense debate between those who said russia has the right to demand conformity and this is to the vatican turned control the urges women? >>> why then do cbs news washington. the california lottery has pulled that cb commercial's sums they depicted lady luck with a little too much punch. >>> that is the one you saw the added debuted to a few weeks ago will some viewers and some female legislatures are complain that it's glamorizes violence. so but officials decide to go with a softer touch and take a look. >>> the same thing. address the winds of lottery officials say they have already planned to air both versions of the ad but a few complaints prompted them to switch the commercials ahead of schedule. did way to decid

catholic -- conference of cat catholic bishops disproportionately, what is your response to them? >> what's more of a concern to me is that if you don't begin to make decisions about getting our fiscal house in order, there won't be a safety net. there won't p be these programs. and i don't know how often some of us have to talk about the fact that you can't spend $1.3 trillion more than what you bring in, that's what's going to happen this year. $5 tril krlion worth of debt an think that this is going to continue. the fact that we have to make hard desishs, it's about trying to make sure that we're able to preserve these programs that are critically important for the poorest in our society. >> do they have a moral argument, though? >> yes, but i want them to take a bigger look. and the bigger look is, these programs won't exist and then you'll have something to worry about. >>

conference for public statement said disagree with the it the nuns were strongly in favor the is supposed spokesman for both the vatican and u.s. bishops declined comment but father robert caslon a catholic university explained the leaders of conference gets its authority from rome and isn't allowed to question the church or the bishops. as public representatives by their very existence they had an obligation to reflect the fundamental church teaching on matters. >>> but for american catholics the crackdown has ignited an intense debate between those who say room has a right to demand conformity in those is in the vatican trying to control religious women white and jews cbs news washington. the california lottery has pulled the tv commercials some say depicted lady luck with a little too much punch. >>> that said debuted two weeks ago to promote the new black scratcher scheme many viewers and some female legislators complain that it's glamorized violence lot of officials have decided to go with a softer touch. >>> thought the humor was intended is sure is funny. lottery officials say they hadn't always planned to air both versions of that ad but a few complaints prompted them to switch c

there is now a growing sense of bishops pushing back against what the paul ryan stands for, and i want to quote from the u.s. conference of catholichops, a very powerful group, saying: >> are we beginning to see a more fractured catholic leadership that might say that mitt romney and the paul ryan view of government isn't where we the religious folks are? >> the way the ryan budget helps president obama is you have non-partisan organizations saying if you adopt the ryan budget 15 to 30 million americans will lose their health insurance. if you adevelopmented the ryan budget you have $4.6 trillion in revenue that is lost. and yet, ryan said it is budget neutral. how? he won't say. serious people who looked at the ryan bucket say this is the most fraudulent -- [ overlapping speakers ] >> one at a time. but the serious number that vote may only be about 2% of the voters. [ laughter ] >> explain how he balances the budget? >> by going as barack obama has done which is taken our deaf sirt and getting it to 14 or 15 -- >> guys let me ask you one question, which loopholes -- tax loopholes will he close so he can recroup trillions of -- >

catholic groups. like the u.s. conference of catholic bishops, as well as georgetown faculty. they're criticizing him for linking catholic social teaching to a budget that these critics say go against catholic teaching. they condemn some of the provisions of the plan aimed at reducing the deficit. for future seniors as well as cuts in food aid and other programs for the poor while at the same time cutting taxes for the wealthy. they're arguing that paul rooya is unfairly targeting the poor in this budget and that does not follow catholic teaching. he defends the budget today saying it does embody the catholic teaching taking power away from bureaucrats and give it back more to local communities. talking to some of the catholic critics did not seem more persuaded as they left the speech today. as you know, though, john, this has become an important political document, as well. >> very, very important political document in this campaign. ahead, 194 days to election day. thanks, see you bit later. 90 faculty members sent ryan a letter objecting to his approach saying we'd be remi

conference of catholic bishops, the american immigration council, the rights working group and the american civil liberties union. i'm asking unanimous consent these statements be inserted into the record and my colleagues have until may 12th to put in statements as well. i thank the witnesses again and the hearing is adjourned. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> and, yeah, i'm disappointed others weren't here. >> criticized politicians to take a drive-by approach to immigration. do you feel confident that mitt romney is going to follow through on that? >> he had the same advisers when he ran four years ago. i believe he's very sincere and, again, good people can disagree. good people can disagree and i'm always disappointed somebody wants to take this to a mean-spirited rhetoric. very disappointing. i'm a passionate guy. looked like an evangelical preacher. my wife told me to tone to down, sounds mean. i'm not mean. i'm passionate. and i am, too. >> what about the supreme court vote -- >> or the democrats. >> no. absolutely not. that's the difference. latinos that are american support this ove

conference of catholic bishops, the american immigration council, the rights working group, and the american civil liberties union. i'm asking unanimous consent, these statements be inserted into the record. and my colleagues have till may 12th to put in statements as well. i thank the witnesses again, and the hearing is adjourned. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> lone guy. you know. i understood that. but i believe in the law. i'm going to defend the law. >> senator kyl didn't come here -- >> yes, i am. yes, i am. this is legislation. 200,000 left the state of arizona. crime's down. cost is down. we know it works. i'm disappointed. we lead this nation. we're at the front of the parade on this issue. the other states are proud of what arizona's done. and the governor has stepped out to support this bill after signing it. and yeah, i'm disappointed that others weren't here to do it. >> you criticized politicians who take a drive-by approach to immigration. do you feel confident that mitt romney is going to follow through on that? >> i hope not. he had the same advisers when he ran four years ag

conference of catholic bishops urged lawmakers to protect essential programs that serve poor and hungry people over subsidies that assist large and relatively well off agricultural enterprises while welfare recipients are expected to take a hit on the rich the are republican budget giant transnational oil and agribusiness corporations get to keep their corporate welfare is this really the moral way to govern a nation take from the poor and give to the rich here to offer his take john kerry senior writer and catholic outreach coordinator at faith in public life john welcome great to be here thank you thanks for joining us it is always i've always thought that the core of christianity was matthew twenty five it's the only place in the bible where the disciples actually said to jesus how do we get to heaven and how would you and uses feed the poor. among other things you know feed the poor water the thursday with those who are in prison you know cold with the naked which today would be you know how's the homeless and heal the sick and they all freak out because they say wait a minute we've

in the newsroom with more: francis cardinal george said that since 1919, when the us conference of catholic bishopsd, the church has been on the record in favor of universal health care. but not in the way president obama has advocated. the means the cardinal says are not moral. and matters of conscience are not being respected. as the supreme court considers appeals regarding the patient protection and affordable care act, the leader of chicago's catholics spoke out on the issue, that has come to be known as obama care. he addressed a breakfast crowd today at the union league club and remains critical of the administrations contraception policy despite the president's modification to place the requirement to provide birth control on the insurance company and not on the employer. the cardinal said his concerns are three- fold...questions of constitutionality, policy and culture. he said he believed the first amendement, with regards to freedom of religion does not apply only to individuals, but to institutions as well...specifically hospitals. in terms of policy, he said individuals should not be f

republicans celebrated the report of the catholic church over the recent controversy over contraception and health care reform, the u.s. conference of catholic bishopsp. in a letter to the house agriculture committee, they say the republicans plan to cut billions of dollars from hunger and nutrition programs must consider the moral implications. quote, a central moral measure of any budget proposal is how it affects the least of these. quoting the gospel of matthew, chamt 5. the letter continues, the house passed budget resolution fails to meet these moral criteria. joining us now, john larson, democratic congressman of connecticut. good afternoon, sir. >> good afternoon. glad to be with you. >> you took to the house floor wednesday to talk about these cuts, invoguing fdr where he talked about choices based on values. there are some who are saying that christian teaching does not encourage governments to take responsibility for the poor. that instead should be in the hands of the individual. do you agree? >> well, of course not. of course, we all remember that jesus famously said, render unto caesar what is caesar's and unto the lord, what is the lo

the conference of catholic bishops came and wrote a letter to paul ryan saying your plan is immoral?ou doing this war on religion, paul ryan. >> absolutely, this is really interesting that this is coming at a time when the republicans thought they had a really cozy relationship with catholic people. and poor mothers who need to take care of their children and they are dropping a ball on that, and i don't think paul ryan was expecting the backlash from the bishops and i think it's good it happened. >> one last thing on this. paul ryan used to constantly brag about being an [ inaudible ] follower and she is the radical philosopher who thinks extreme individuals -- including supporting a serial killer at the time because he was such an individual. and they also wrote about that: and then when he got challenged on that, he is like oh no i reject her. so did they really catch him on this? >> apparently so. they caught him. and again, i think the question is will this be a one-day blimp or long story. and what will activists and progressives to get this story out. one option is print out t

conference of catholic bishops has called for protests two weeks of protests, against what some critics of the obama administration have labeled a war on religion. it may be emerging as a big problem for the president's re-election. bill donahue is president of the catholic league. bill, you say these bishops are furious over what they view as encroachment on religious liberty and they're not rolling over on this because it has sort of shifted in a political narrative to the other side of the coin being a war on women? >> i never seen anything like it. this is the greatest mobilization of the catholic community since the civil rights movement. it is led by cardinal timothy dolan of new york. they mean business. that's why they came out with this statement here recently, some people, including a lot of catholics. they will walk away from it. they made their splash and all there is to it. they know this the biggest threat they have seen from the federal government, not state and local government. june 21st, several weeks, certain seminars protests whatever we might do. i want to say this,

catholic church has again decided to weigh in on policy. if a letter to the house this week, the u.s. conference of catholic bishops forward by congressman paul ryan saying that it failed to meet certain moral criteria by cutting back on programs that serve the hungry, poor and unemployed. in particular, the bishops found ryan's targeting of programs like the federal food stamp program unacceptable. these cuts are you unjustified and wrong, they wrote. government has a responsibility to promote the common good of all. ryan and speaker of the house john boehner both catholics defended their handy work. boehner said he was simply making necessary hard decisions while ryan used the popular if twisted republican logic to explain that by cutting assistance programs, he was preventing the needy from becoming, quote, dependent on the government. this from the part i that has made a loud and specific argument regarding the importance of faith as a guiding principal and public life and criticized the separation of church and state. one can only ask why don't religious principles regarding the most vulnerable have a place in

catholic leaders don't believe he's applying the teachings of his faith. the ryan budget takes $5.3 trillion from programs and gives $4.3 trillion back to the wealthiest americans. the u.s. conference of catholic bishopssist proposed cuts to hunger and nutrition programs. the letter speaks on behalf of all u.s. bishops but as of last night he was still dismissing it. >> this is some of the bishops. i welcome this kind of dialogue. i think it's fine. good people of good will can have a disagreement over how to prioritize spending. >> in an interview, ryan said the claims by the bishops were intended to divide catholics. >> i'm reading a headline. it says bishops representative ryan's plan fails to meet moral criteria. what does that do to the public support of your plan among catholics? >> maybe that's the contention to try to erode the public support of our plan. >> the catholic bishops don't exactly endorse the democratic party platform, but paul ryan says both groups are trying to divide a wedge, and drive a wedge between catholics when it comes to the poor. let's turn to michaelç eric dyson. professor, great to have you with us tonight. the republicans, they loved it when the bishops defended thei

bishops declined comment but father robert caslin of catholic university explained the leadership conferencets authority from rome and isn't allowed to question the church or the bishops. >> as public representatives, by their very existence they have an obligation to reflect fundamental church teaching on matters. >> reporter: but for american catholics, a crackdown on nuns has ignited an intense debate. scott, it's between those who say rome has the right to demand conformity and those who see the vatican trying to control religious women. >> pelley: wyatt, thanks very much. you don't have to be a boston red sox fan to appreciate this. fenway park turned 100 today. more than 200 former players joined in the celebration in the tiny ballpark. the sox and the new york yankees put on vintage uniforms. but showing no respect, the yanks won 6-2. charles kuralt and steve hartman with the hot dog man then and now. "on the road" is next. mine was earned off vietnam in 1968. over the south pacific in 1943. i got mine in iraq, 2003. usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generati

these cuts are so unbelievably cruel, the united states conference of catholic bishops is speaking out against them. in a statement, the bishops urge congress to resist the proposed cuts at home and abroad. >> house speaker john boehner was quick to brush off their concerns. here is his response when asked if he understands the bishop's moral argument. >> yes, but i wanted to take a bigger look. the bigger look is if we don't make decisions, these programs won't exist and they will really have something to worry about. >> boehner says we have to cut these programs in order to save them. the architect, paul ryan, also dismissed the bishops today. >> we've always said we should not be giving tax credits to people who are not here illegally. that's following through on policy an pretty well responded to on a bipartisan basis. these are not all the catholic bishop bishops and we respectfully disagree. >> he's wrong when it comes to the bishops. bishops who chair usccb committees are elected by their follow bishops to represent all bishops on key issues on the national level. the letters on

about those proposed cuts in the ryan budget because the speaker was asked about the conference of catholic bishop's moral protest against the budget saying that it disproportionately cuts programs for the poor. guess what? speaker boehner, a catholic himself, had to admit they have a point. >> yes, but i want to take a bigger look and a bigger look is if we don't make decisions these programs won't exist. then they will really have something to worry about. >> as for mitt romney, we expect the economy will be in his sights later this hour as he gives a pre but he will to the nomination acceptance speech in charlotte, north carolina, some five months before that event is set to occur. the speech was set to be on a roof top venue overlooking bank of america stadium, the site of the democratic convention, an exercise in optics to erase memories of the major ford field address surrounded by tens of thousands of empty seats. unfortunately for poor mitt the event has been moved indoors due to pouring rain, a rain on mitt's parade i guess. and we'll bring in karen finney and now columnist for the hill and

these cuts are so unbelievably crude that the united states conference of catholic bishops is speaking out against them. in a statement they urge congress to resist proposed cuts in concord and nutrition programs at home and abroad. well, house speaker john maynor was quick to brush off their concern. here is his response when asked if he understands the bishop's moral argument. >> i want him to take a bigger look. the bigger look is if we don't make decisions, these programs won't exist and then it will have something to worry about. >> he says we have to cut these programs in order to save them. paul ryan also dismissed the bishops today. >> we have always said we should not be giving up tax credits to people not here illegally. that is following through on policy that has pretty well take a look at this chart. if you work a minimum wage job, this is how many hours in a week it takes for you to work to earn rent for a 2-bedroom apartment in texas. 8 hours. florida, 97 hours. virginia, 112 hours and on and on. there is no lobby for the poor in this country. the only thing they can rel