Protestants still make up most of Congress, but this week a Hindu and a Buddhist were also among those sworn in.

Watch interviews with Jim Nicholson, former US Ambassador to the Vatican and co-chair of Catholics for Romney, and Maureen Ferguson, senior policy advisor to the Catholic Association.

Managing editor Kim Lawton reports from Tampa on the involvement of faith leaders at the Republican National Convention; their concerns, especially about Mormonism; the issues they are stressing; and the extent to which they are rallying their members in support of the Romney-Ryan ticket.

Managing editor Kim Lawton talked with the founder and chairman of the Faith and Freedom Coalition in Tampa. Watch excerpts from their conversation about Paul Ryan's Catholicism, reaching evangelical voters, and why Reed thinks Obama "doesn't have a good story to tell."

"I do not believe that the preferential option for the poor means a preferential option for big government," says Republican vice presidential candidate and Roman Catholic Paul Ryan.

Watch excerpts from the July 2nd arrival of "Nuns on the Bus" on Capitol Hill and listen to Sister Simone Campbell, executive director of NETWORK, talk about the Ryan budget versus the nuns' "faithful budget."

Is the federal government more than “one word for things we do together”? Should government say "you're on your own"? A politician and a priest speak about Catholic social teaching, the budget, and government's role in our lives.