. >>> welcome, i'm kim lawton, sitting in for bob abernethy. thank you for joining us. >>> there's been an outpouring of interfaith sympathy and support for the u.s. sikh community after last sunday's attack at a temple near milwaukee that took the lives of six worshippers. in what officials called an act of domestic teorism, a gunman with neo-nazi ties opened fire as local sikhs, or "sicks" as some adherents call themselves, had gathered for a worship service. religious groups across the spectrum condemned the attack. many communities held prayer services and vigils to remember the victims and to pray for religious tolerance. groundswell, the social action initiative of auburn seminary in new york, gathered thousands of messages of hope and healing for milwaukee's sikh community. they called the project "we're all sikhs today." oundell's director valarie kaur, who is sikh, delivered the messages in person. she joins me now from milwaukee. valarie, thank you for being with us. why did you feel it was important to bring these messages? >> well,

. >>> welcome, i'm kim lawton, sitting in for bob abernethy. thank you for joining us. campaign 2012 heated up this week after governor mitt romney selected wisconsin representative paul ryan as his running mate. ryan is a roman catholic, and with vice president joe biden on the democratic side, this is the first time that both parties have catholics on the ticket. ryan agrees with his church's opposition to abortion and gay marriage, but he has generated debate in some catholic circles for his economic views. as chief author of the republican budget plan, ryan supports funding cuts for many social programs. some catholics, including bishops, argued that would hurt the poor. ryan's response -- >> as a catholic in public life, my own personal thinking on these issues has been guided by my understanding of the church's social teaching. simply put, i do not believe that the preferential option for the poor means a preferential option for big government. >> joining me with moron this is kevin eckstrom, editor-in-chief of "religion news service." kevin, a lot of catholics di

i'm kim lawton, reporting. >> next, finding one's place in the worship house divided. the episcopal church is a branch of the church of england which broke away from rome in 1534. the american church has itself been divided, primarily over issues related to homosexuality. we have a report about episcopalians taking up an invitation from rome to make the catholic church their home. our correspondent is bob fall. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> in maryland, the catholic service unfolds smoothly. a comfortable routine for priests and parishoners alike. but one year ago, members of st. luke's pearish were devout devoted episcopalians. this is the first group in the country to convert to catholicism, directing episcopalians. >> about 20 years ago if i told you you would become a catholic priest, what would you have said? >> i would have thought you were crazy. >> under 2009 decree by pope benedict xvi, st. lukees a like all churches that choose to convert, with its literature like using its book of common prayer and anglican hymns. it also gets to keep its married priests, father mark lewis, who