Courtesy of Boston Globe columnist Joan Vennochi. Here's her shorthand for the showdown between US Representative Patrick Kennedy and Bishop Thomas Tobin:

The fight between Patrick Kennedy and the Providence bishop signals the start of another new day.

The meeting to discuss health care and abortion issues between Congressman Patrick Kennedy and  Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas Tobin has been postponed, the Bishop's spokesman, Mike Guilfoyle, has confirmed.

Bishop Tobin is blaming apathy among Roman Catholics for the progress of gay marriage initiatives.