"You're certainly the only one in a collar and you're possibly the only one with white hair," Bishop Tighe said about the festival.

Cardinal Thomas Collins called Trudeau's policy "arrogant for powerful, wealthy nations to dictate what priorities developing countries should embrace."

Catholic Church leaders in the U.S. spent the week of March 6-10 trying to allay fears and urging compassion.

The American Health Care Act seriously tests many principles of Catholic social teaching.

Bishop Oscar A. Solis said, "with confidence, humbly, I will say, 'Utah, here I am. I am totally yours. Even with the snow.'

Health care is not just another issue, but a "fundamental issue of human life and dignity" and "a critical component of the Catholic Church's ministry."