Bishops in Baltimore (Day 3)

This week the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops is meeting in Baltimore. AmP will strive to provide complete, accurate day-by-day coverage. This meeting will feature ongoing discussions about (and possibly yield solutions to) several controversies facing the American Catholic hierarchy. Coverage of Day One is here, of Day Two is here.

Essential links:

• The USCCB's official page for the 2007 Fall General Assembly
• Documents from this year's meeting will be posted here.
• EWTN will provide live video and audio feeds of the public sessions here (schedule here).
• John Allen's coverage here, Rocco Palmo's updates here.

Day Three:

• The Bishops have issued a statement, "Stewardship and Teenagers: The Challenge of Being a Disciple"
• John Allen reports: Guidelines for religious ed, sexual morality adopted & 'Faithful Citizenship' passes; language sharpened on salvation, terrorism.

St. Blogs commentary:

• Diogenes: and waiting on deck,....
• My commentary on the USCCB Iraq statement/Q&A on Iraq

Traditional media reporting:

• CNA: U.S. Bishops support "responsible transition" in Iraq
• AP: Catholic Bishops Instruct Voters
• LifeNews: Catholic Bishops Vote for Document Saying Abortion Should Guide Voting
• CNA: U.S. Bishops move to help form consciences as 2008 election draws near
• Baltimore Sun: Bishops approve document on voting

Liveblogging updates (EWTN live video and audio feeds here):

• (No liveblogging today due to time constraints.)

AmP coverage of last year's meeting is available here:

• [Day One] [Day Two] [Day Three]