Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, of San Francisco, addresses the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops on the Church's activities to promote the defense of marriage at the group's annual fall meeting in Baltimore, Monday, Nov. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Archbishop William Lori, of Baltimore, addresses the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops on the subject of religious liberty at the group's annual fall meeting in Baltimore, Monday, Nov. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, of San Francisco, center, and Archbishop William Lori, of Baltimore, listen to a speaker during the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' annual fall meeting in Baltimore, Monday, Nov. 12, 2012, after addressing the group. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Cardinal Justin Rigali, former Archbishop of Philadelphia, center, listens to a speaker at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' annual fall meeting in Baltimore, Monday, Nov. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Cardinal Sean O'Malley, of Boston, pauses as he speaks at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' annual fall meeting in Baltimore, Monday, Nov. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Members of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops are seen above a piano as they applaud after Cardinal Timothy Dolan, of New York, president of the conference, spoke at the group's annual fall meeting in Baltimore, Monday, Nov. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Cardinal Timothy Dolan, of New York, president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, speaks at the conference's annual fall meeting in Baltimore, Monday, Nov. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
BALTIMORE — A subdued U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops acknowledged Monday that voters rejected the stands they took against gay marriage and birth control, but church leaders gave no sign they would change their strategy ahead. Same-sex marriage supporters made a four-state sweep of ballot …
