International Justice and Peace

WHAT'S NEW?

Joint Letter to Congress on Hunger
Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski, Bishop Richard E. Pates, Fr. Larry Snyder, and Dr. Carolyn Woo, December 9, 2013
 
Letter to Secretary Kerry on Six Month Accord on Iranian Nuclear Program
Bishop Richard E. Pates, November 27, 2013

Letter to Secretary of State Kerry on Cessation of Hostilities by M23 Militia
Bishop Richard E. Pates, November 25, 2013

Address to the USCCB General Assembly
Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan, November 11, 2013

Letter to Senate Regarding Detainee Provisions in Defense Authorization Bill
Bishop Richard E. Pates, November 18, 2013

Remarks and Videos from Religious Freedom & Human Rights: Path to Peace in the Holy Land - That All May Be Free Conference
September 9, 2013

Letter Regarding Appointment of Special Envoy to Sudan and South Sudan
Bishop Richard E. Pates, October 11, 1013

Letters to Secretary of State Kerry on Appointment of U.S. Special Representative
Bishop Richard E. Pates and Bishop Nicolas Lola Djomo, October 7, 2013

Letter Commending Secretary Kerry on Arms Trade Treaty and Iran Talks
Bishop Richard E. Pates, October 4, 2013

Joint Letter to Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and House Committee on Foreign Affairs on PEPFAR
Bishop Richard E. Pates and Dr. Carolyn Woo, October 2, 2013

ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS, letters, & Statements

Letter to National Security Advisor Rice on Cuba
Bishop Richard E. Pates, September 26, 2013

Statement on Syria
USCCB Administrative Committee, September 10, 2013

Letter to Congress on Syria
Cardinal Timothy Dolan and Bishop Richard E. Pates, September 4, 2013

Letter to President Obama Regarding Syria
Cardinal Timothy Dolan and Bishop Richard E. Pates, September 4, 2013

Action Alert:  Urge Congress to Choose Dialogue and Diplomacy in Syria!
September 3, 2013

U.S. Catholics Urged to Join Day of Fasting and Prayer for Peace in Syria
Cardinal Timothy Dolan and Bishop Richard E. Pates, September 3, 2013

Letter to Secretary of State Kerry on the Central African Republic
Bishop Richard E. Pates, September 3, 2013

Letter to Secretary of State Kerry Regarding Syria
Bishop Richard E. Pates, August 29, 2013

Letter to Secretary of State Kerry on Egypt
Bishop Richard E. Pates, August 23, 2013

Letter from 33 National Organizations on Arms Trade Treaty
Bishop Richard E. Pates, August 19, 2013

Statement Delivered to the General Coordinating Meeting of the Consejo Episcopal Latinoamericano (CELAM)  | En Español
Bishop Richard E. Pates, July 29-August 1, 2013

Opening Address to SECAM
Bishop Richard E. Pates, July 8, 2013

Interreligious Leaders to Secretary Kerry and Congress on Middle East Peace
Cardinal McCarrick, Bishop Pates, and Bishop Madden, July 26, 2013

Photos from JPHD & CRS Solidarity Visit to Church in Columbia and Peru

Letter to Ambassador Michael Froman on His Confirmation as US Trade Representative and USCCB Concerns on US Trade Policy
Bishop Stephen E. Blaire and Bishop Richard E. Pates, July 19, 2013

Letter to President Obama on Nuclear Disarmament and on Israeli-Palestinian Peace
Timothy Cardinal Dolan and Bishop Richard E. Pates, June 25, 2013

Letter to Secretary of Defense Hagel Concerning Detainees at Guantanamo Bay
Bishop Richard E. Pates, June 25, 2013

Joint Letter to Secretary of State Kerry on Syria
Bishop Richard E. Pates and Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas, June 19, 2013 

Letter of Solidarity with the Church in Venezuela
Bishop Richard E. Pates, June 10, 2013

Letter to G8 from Bishops' Conferences of G8 Nations
Timothy Cardinal Timothy Dolan, June 3, 2013

Letter to Secretary Kerry Commending Holy Land Efforts
Bishop Richard E. Pates, May 21, 2013

Letter to Administration/Congress on Drones & Targeted Killings
Bishop Richard E. Pates, May 17, 2013

Letter to Senators Blunt and Levin on S. 653
Bishop Richard E.. Pates, May 20, 2013

Letter to Secretary of State Kerry on Cremisan Valley in the Holy Land
Bishop Richard E. Pates, May 6, 2013

Letter of Solidarity with the Church and People of DRC
Bishop Richard E. Pates, May 3, 2013

Letter to National Security Advisor Donilon on Syria
Bishop Richard E. Pates, April 29, 2013

Letter to Secretary of State Kerry on Mali
Bishop Richard E. Pates, April 29. 2013

Cardinal Dolan Prays for Return of Orthodox Archbishops Kidnapped in Syria
April 26, 2013

Letter to Senate on President's Budget ProposalLetter to House of Representatives on President's Budget Proposal
Bishop Stephen E. Blaire and Bishop Richard E. Pates, April 22, 2013

Solidarity and U.S. Foreign Policy
Speech Delivered at the "Peacebuilding 2013: Pacem In Terris at 50" Conference
Bishop Richard E. Pates, April 10, 2013

Letter to Secretary Kerry on Arms Trade Treaty
Bishop Richard E. Pates, April 11, 2013

Letter of Solidarity with the Church in the Central African Republic
Bishop Richard E. Pates, April 1, 2013

Testimony to the Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations Subcommittee on the FY 2014 Budget
Bishop Richard E. Pates, March 20, 2013

Letter to Congress on Budget Protection for Poor Persons
Bishop Stephen E. Blaire and Bishop Richard E. Pates, March 18, 2013

Letter to Representatives Wolf and Eshoo in Support of H.R. 301
Bishop Richard E. Pates, February 15, 2013

Letter to Secretary of State Kerry
Bishop Richard E. Pates, February 6, 2013

Interreligious Leaders' Statement:  Twilight of Hope for Israeli-Palestinian Peace
Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, Bishop Richard Pates, Bishop Denis Madden, January 2013

Communique of the Coordination of Episcopal Conferences in Support of the Church in the Holy Land
Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas, January 10, 2013

Letter to President Obama regarding Israel and Palestine
Cardinal Timothy Dolan and Bishop Richard E. Pates, January 9, 2013

Letter to President on Peace in the Middle East
Christian leaders, including Bishop Richard E. Pates, January 7, 2013

Letter to National Security Advisor on Iran
Bishop Richard E. Pates, December 18, 2012

Letter to Congress on Budget Deliberations
Bishop Stephen Blaire and Bishop Richard Pates, December 14, 2012

Letter to Congress on Palestinian Assistance and UN
Bishop Richard E. Pates, December 3, 2012

Letter to National Security Advisor on Gaza and Southern Israel
Bishop Richard E. Pates, November 20, 2012

Letter to House and Senate Appropriations Committees on Poverty-Focused International Assistance
Bishop Richard E. Pates and Dr. Carolyn Woo, November 16, 2012

Letter to Senate Regarding Sequestration
Letter to House Regarding Sequestration
Bishop Stephen Blaire and Bishop Richard Pates, November 13, 2012

Letter to Secretary of State Clinton on Israel and Palestine
Bishop Richard E. Pates, November 8, 2012

Letter to Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
Bishop Richard E. Pates, November 7, 2012

Letter to Secretary of State Clinton on Nigeria
Bishop Richard E. Pates, October 1, 2012

Solidarity Letter to the Church in Nigeria after Church Bombing
Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Bishop Richard E. Pates, September 25, 2012

"International Religious Freedom:  An Imperative for Peace and the Common Good"
Cardinal Timothy Dolan, September 12, 2012

Speech by Archbishop John Onaiyekan on International Religious Freedom in Nigeria
September 12, 2012

Speech by Archbishop Silvano Tomasi on International Religious Freedom
September 12, 2012

Letter to Patriarch Twal on Anti-Christian Incident at Monastery
Cardinal Timothy Dolan and Bishop Richard Pates, September 7, 2012

Letter to Assistant Secretary Blake on Rimsha Masih
Bishop Richard E. Pates, September 7, 2012

Statement on Anti-Christian Incident at Monastery Catholic Ordinaries of the Holy Land
September 4, 2012

Letter to House Foreign Affairs Committee on Protecting Religious Minorities in the Arab World
Bishop Richard E. Pates, September 4, 2012

Letter to Secretary of State Clinton on Israeli-Palestinian Peace
Bishop Richard E. Pates, July 13, 2012

Letter to Secretary of State Clinton Regarding Nigeria
Bishop Richard E. Pates, July 6, 2012

CRS-USCCB Testimony on International Assistance to the Senate Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations
Mr. Sean Callahan, Catholic Relief Services, May 1, 2012

Letter to Secretary of State Clinton on Cuba
Bishop Richard E. Pates, April 17, 2012

Joint Letter to Chairman and Ranking Member of House Appropriations Committee
Bishop Richard E. Pates and Dr. Carolyn Woo, April 17, 2012

Letter to National Security Advisor on Syria
Bishop Richard E. Pates, April 13, 2012

Joint Letter to Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, FY 2013
Bishop Stephen E. Blaire and Bishop Richard E. Pates, April 16, 2012

Joint Letter to President Obama on U.S. Policy on Landmines
April 4, 2012

Testimony by Catholic Relief Services and the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations
Mr. Sean Callahan, Executive Vice President for Overseas Operations, C.R.S., March 30, 2012

Joint Letter to Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
Bishop Richard E. Pates and Dr. Carolyn Y. Woo, March 28, 2012

Joint Letter to Senate Appropriations Subcommittee for State and Foreign Operations and Related Programs
Bishop Richard E. Pates and Dr. Carolyn Woo, March 23, 2012

Joint Letter to House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
Bishop Richard E. Pates and Dr. Carolyn Y. Woo, March 20, 2012

Statement on Peace in the Middle East
USCCB Administrative Committee, March 14, 2012

Letter to Congress on the 2013 Federal Budget
Bishop Stephen E. Blaire, Bishop Richard E. Pates, March 6, 2012

Letter to Secretary of State Clinton on Iran
Bishop Richard E. Pates, March 2, 2012

Letter to National Security Advisor Donilon on U.S. Nuclear Weapons
Bishop Richard E. Pates, March 2, 2012

Letter on International Assistance Funding to the Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs
Bishop Richard E. Pates, Dr. Carolyn Y. Woo, March 1, 2012

National Interreligious Leadership Initiative for Peace in the Middle East Statement on Arab-Israeli-Palestinian Peace
March 1, 2012

Communiqué of the Coordination of Episcopal Conferences in Support of the Church in the Holy Land
Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas, January 12, 2012

Letter to Archbishop Onaiyekan Regarding Christmas Attacks in Nigeria
Bishop Richard E. Pates, December 27, 2011

Letter to Archbishop Job Regarding Christmas Attacks in Nigeria
Bishop Richard E. Pates, December 27, 2011

Response from His Beatitude Fouad Twal to Archbishop Dolan and Bishop Pates
His Beatitude Fouad Twal, December 23, 2011

Letter to His Beatitude Fouad Twal Regarding Suffering of Christians in the Middle East
Archbishop Timothy Dolan and Bishop Richard Pates, December 22, 2011

Notes on "Towards Reforming the International Financial and Monetary Systems in the Context of Global Public Authority"
Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace

Letter to Appropriations Committee Leaders on Poverty-Focused International Assistance
Bishop Richard E. Pates and Mr. Ken Hackett, December 8, 2011

Letter to Secretary of State Clinton on Sudan
Bishop Richard E. Pates, November 18, 2011

Congressional Testimony on International Religious Freedom
Bishop Ricardo Ramirez, CSB, November 17, 2011

Letter to the Senate on Funding for Poverty-Focused International Assistance
Bishop Howard J. Hubbard and Ken Hackett, November 2, 2011

Letter to House Appropriations Committee on Poverty-focused Budget Cuts
Bishop Howard J. Hubbard and Ken Hackett, October 19, 2011

Poverty-Focused International Assistance Programs Supported by USCCB and CRS
September 2011

Letter to the U.S. Senate on the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF)
Bishop Howard J. Hubbard, October 27, 2011

Letter to Super Committee Chairs on International Assistance
Bishop Howard J. Hubbard, October 7, 2011

Letter to Senate Appropriations Committee on Cuts to Poverty-Focused Assistance
Bishop Howard J. Hubbard and Ken Hackett, August 24, 2011

Letter to House Appropriations Committee on Cuts to Poverty-Focused Assistance
Bishop Howard J. Hubbard and Ken Hackett, July 29, 2011

Letter to House on Moral Dimensions of Ongoing Budget Debate
Bishop Stephen E. Blaire and Bishop Howard J. Hubbard, July 26, 2011

Ecumenical Letter to President on Peace in the Holy Land
Bishop Howard J. Hubbard, Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, June 27, 2011

Letter to Representatives Frank Wolf and Anna Eshoo on Special Envoy to Promote Religious Freedom in the Near East and South Central Asia
Bishop Howard J. Hubbard, June 27, 2011

Letter to House Foreign Affairs Committee on International Religious Freedom Act
Bishop Howard J. Hubbard, June 17, 2011

Letter to Secretary Clinton on Special Envoy to the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Bishop Howard J. Hubbard and Ken Hackett, June 9, 2011

Religious Leaders Urge Strong U.S. Leadership for Israeli-Palestinian Peace
Cardinal Theodore McCarrick and Bishop Howard Hubbard, May 20, 2011

Letter to Senate on FY 2012 Budget Resolution
Bishop Stephen E. Blaire and Bishop Howard J. Hubbard, May 5, 2011

Religious Leaders Urge President to Pursue Israeli-Palestinian Peace
Cardinal Theodore McCarrick and Bishop Howard Hubbard, April 14, 2011

Letter to House on FY 2012 Budget Resolution
Bishop Stephen E. Blaire and Bishop Howard J. Hubbard, April 13, 2011

Letter to National Security Advisor on Afghanistan and Pakistan
Bishop Howard J. Hubbard, April 6, 2011

Letter to Senate Committee on Finance Regarding  Trade Agreements
Bishop Howard J. Hubbard, April 6 , 2011

Earlier letters related to International Issues can be found on our previous website.