(October 8, 2011) The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) will meetovember
14th to 16th for their Fall Assembly, with an Agenda including
the approval of the Blessed John Paul II Memorial on the proper calendar. The other
items on the Agenda of the Conference, to he held in Baltimore, will be the first
address of Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York, as President of the USCCB and discussion
and vote on changing the current task force on Health Care, into a permanent subcommittee
on Healthcare issues under the Committee on Doctrine. There will also be a discussion
on religious liberty, which the bishops say is being increasingly threatened in the
.United Sates. They have established an ad hoc committee to deal with this issue.