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January 2004 Press Release Archives
- Erie Priest Named Bishop of Greensburg (04-001)
January 2, 2004
Pope John Paul II has named Monsignor Lawrence E. Brandt bishop of the Diocese of Greensburg. He also accepted the resignation of the Most Reverend Anthony G. Bosco as bishop of Greensburg.
- Parishes Plan Celebrations For Consecrated Life Day (04-002)
January 2, 2004
Parishes across the country are organizing celebrations for the eighth annual World Day for Consecrated Life, to be marked Sunday, February 8.
- January Is Poverty in America Awareness Month: 2004 Campaign Appeals To the American Spirit of Justice For All (04-003)
January 5, 2004
The Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) this month launched a new national awareness campaign that emphasizes the growing number of poor Americans, according to the most recent U.S. Census figures, and urges Americans to respond with a patriotic sense of justice to the plight of poor and low-income people.
- Bishops' Official Condemns New State "Fetus Farm" Law (04-004)
January 5, 2004
Yesterday, New Jersey Governor James McGreevey signed a bill (S909/A2840) that legally sanctions not only research requiring the destruction of human embryos, but even lethal experimentation on cloned human babies throughout pregnancy.
- First 'Charter' Implementation Report Issued By Catholic Bishops Conference (04-005)
January 6, 2004
All dioceses and eparchies (dioceses of the Eastern Catholic Churches) have been found "to be compliant with some or all articles" of the "Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People," adopted by the Catholic bishops of the United States at their meeting in Dallas in June 2002.
- Bishop Joseph F. Naumann Named Coadjutor Archbishop of Kansas City in Kansas (04-006)
January 7, 2004
Pope John Paul II has named Auxiliary Bishop Joseph F. Naumann of St. Louis as Coadjutor Archbishop of Kansas City in Kansas. A coadjutor arch/bishop enjoys the right of succession, which means he becomes head of the diocese upon the death or retirement of the incumbent bishop.
- Chairman Welcomes Immigration Reform Proposal, Voices Concern That It Is Insufficient (04-007)
January 8, 2004
Immigration reforms announced yesterday by President Bush are "an important first step," according to the chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Migration Committee, who called for comprehensive reform "that will truly address our current immigration crisis."
- U.S. Bishop Expresses Solidarity with People of Burundi, Condemns Murder of Apostolic Nuncio (04-012)
January 8, 2004
The international community, led by the United States, must lend renewed support for the peace process in Burundi, according to the chairman of the U.S. bishops' International Policy Committee, who expressed solidarity with the people of that African nation following the assassination of the apostolic nuncio there last month.
- Bishops' Film Office Announces Best Films of 2003 (04-009)
January 9, 2004
U.S. Bishops' Office for Film and Broadcasting (OFB) recently announced its 2003 Ten Best Films List. "There were some truly exceptional films, reminding us that movies have the power to inspire and uplift rather than just dehumanize and debase," said Gerri Pare, Director of the OFB.
- New Bishop Named For Eparchy Of St. Maron Of Brooklyn (04-011)
January 9, 2004
Pope John Paul II has named Chorbishop Gregory John Mansour to be bishop of the Eparchy of St. Maron of Brooklyn. He also accepted the resignation of the Most Reverend Stephen Hector Doueihi from the governance of the Eparchy.
- 'The Blessings of Laughter,' Catholic Faith on Film Festival, Set For March (04-010)
January 12, 2004
'The Blessings of Laughter," a film festival sponsored by the U.S. Bishops' Catholic Communication Campaign (CCC), will take place March 19-21, at New York City's Directors Guild Theater in mid-town Manhattan.
- National "Poverty Pulse" Survey Results Provide Snapshot of Attitudes about U.S. Poverty (04-008)
January 12, 2004
More than half of all American adults are concerned they will be poor at some point in their life. Despite signs of an economic recovery, 56% of Americans are more concerned about becoming poor someday than they were a year ago, according to the national "Poverty Pulse" survey sponsored by the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) and released January 12 at a press conference in New Orleans.
- 16 New Members Are Announced For The United States Conference Of Catholic Bishops" National Advisory Council (04-016)
January 21, 2004
Sixteen new members have been added to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops" National Advisory Council, a 63-member body which meets semi-annually to review documentation and offer recommendations concerning matters before the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
- Vigil Mass for Life to Mark Anniversary of Roe V. Wade (04-017)
January 21, 2004
Thousands of Catholics from across the country will gather in the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception for the Vigil Mass for Life and National Prayer Vigil for Life tonight, the eve of the 31st anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion.
- Bishops' Official Reacts to 31 Years of Roe v. Wade (04-018)
January 22, 2004
Today is the 31st anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision that overturned the laws of all 50 states and the District of Columbia and created a legal right to abortion at any time in pregnancy for any reason. Tens of thousands of people come to Washington every year on this date to march in protest of this decision and to pray for an end to abortion.
- Pope's Lenten Message for 2004 Focuses on Needs of Children (04-021)
January 29, 2004
In his annual Lenten message, Pope John Paul II expressed the hope that this Lent may "be a time of ever greater concern for the needs of children…for they are the future of humanity."
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