• Msgr. Mitchell Rozanski Named Auxiliary Bishop Of Baltimore (04-124)
  July 2, 2004
  Pope John Paul II named Monsignor Mitchell T. Rozanski, pastor of St. John the Evangelist Church in Severna Park, as Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore.
• U.S. Bishops Cite Concern About Rapes, Genocide Of Muslims In Darfur, Sudan, In Letter To Colin Powell (04-126)
  July 2, 2004
  The U.S. bishops have voiced concern about rapes and genocide of Muslims in Darfur, Sudan, in a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Colin L. Powell.
• Down the Road – Upcoming Calendar (04-125)
  July 6, 2004
  
• Baltimore Auxiliary Bishop Bennett Named Bishop In Jamaica (04-127)
  July 6, 2004
  Pope John Paul II has named Baltimore Auxiliary Bishop Gordon D. Bennett, S.J., as Bishop of Mandeville, Jamaica.
• Catholic Bishops Strongly Urge The U.S. Senate To Support The Federal Marriage Amendment (04-128)
  July 6, 2004
  Saying the institution of marriage is "under serious attack," the President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) strongly urged the Senate to vote in favor of the Federal Marriage Amendment after turning back any attempt to prevent consideration of the measure.
• Catholic Bishops Urge Senate To Protect Children Exploited By Human Trafficking In United States (04-129)
  July 7, 2004
  Sister Mary Ellen Dougherty, a School Sister of Notre Dame and a member of the Bishops' Office for Migration and Refugee Services, urged the action in testimony, July 7, before the Senate Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Property Rights, headed by Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX).
• Cardinal Keeler Urges Rejection of Amendments Promoting Destruction Of Embryos For Stem Cell Research (04-130)
  July 7, 2004
  In a letter to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees, Cardinal William Keeler urged opposition to any amendments to the Labor/HHS appropriations bill that would authorize using federal funds to encourage the destruction of human embryos for their embryonic stem cells (ESCs).
• Msgr. Fay Urges Support For Federal Marriage Amendment (04-132)
  July 12, 2004
  Speaking at a press conference in the nation's capitol, Msgr. William P. Fay said "the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops gives its full and unequivocal support to the Federal Marriage Amendment that would amend the United States Constitution to define marriage as consisting only of the union of a man and a woman."
• Cardinal Ratzinger Says U.S. Bishops' Statement On Catholics In Political Life 'Very Much In Harmony' With General Principles Sent By Congregation (04-133)
  July 12, 2004
  Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, Chairman of the Task Force on Catholic Bishops and Catholic Politicians, received a July 9 letter from Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, saying the U.S. Bishops' statement on Catholics in political life is "very much in harmony" with the general principles previously sent by the Congregation.
• Bishops' Spokesman Expresses Support For Federal Marriage Amendment (04-134)
  July 13, 2004
  Msgr. William Fay joined other religious leaders at a press conference in the nation's capitol, saying "the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops gives its full and unequivocal support to the Federal Marriage Amendment that would amend the United States Constitution to define marriage as consisting only of the union of a man and a woman."
• Catholic Leaders Back Conscience Protection In Letter To House Appropriations Committee (04-135)
  July 13, 2004
  Leaders of three Catholic organizations have urged Congress to add Conscience Protection language to the Fiscal Year 2005 Labor/HHS Appropriations bill's Hyde Amendment on abortion funding.
• Bishops' Head Comments On Senate's Failure To Vote On Federal Marriage Amendment (04-136)
  July 14, 2004
  Bishop Wilton D. Gregory, President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), issued this statement after the Senate failed to invoke cloture on the debate on the Federal Marriage Amendment. Cloture would have ended the debate and permitted the Senate to vote on the Amendment.
• Media Alert – Worth Noting in July (04-137)
  July 14, 2004
  
• USCCB, Other Religious Groups, Ask U.S. Supreme Court to Affirm that the Juvenile Death Penalty Violates 8th Amendment (04-138)
  July 19, 2004
  The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and 29 other religious organizations have urged the U.S. Supreme Court to affirm a lower court ruling that the execution of persons for crimes committed as juveniles violates the constitutional guarantee against cruel and unusual punishment.
• Cardinal McCarrick Urges Court to Halt Execution of Persons for Crimes Committed as Juveniles (04-139)
  July 19, 2004
  "Just two years ago, the Court concluded that the execution of persons with mental retardation cannot be squared with the constitutional guarantee against cruel and unusual punishment," Cardinal McCarrick said. "It is our hope that the Supreme Court will now extend the same moral wisdom and legal reasoning to the use of the death penalty against those who committed capital crimes as juveniles."
• Advancement of Low-Power Radio Legislation is Good News for Local Communities (04-140)
  July 23, 2004
  Legislation supported by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops expanding low power FM radio service was approved by the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee today.
• Joint Statement outlines Criteria for Judging U.S.-Central American free Trade Agreement (04-141)
  July 23, 2004
  The moral measure of any international trade agreement is how it impacts the poorest and most vulnerable, according to bishops from the United States and Central America, who expressed concerns about the recently signed U.S.-Central American Free Trade Agreement.
• Bishop Urges Reconsideration Of Cuba Travel Restrictions (04-142)
  July 27, 2004
  Recent restrictions on travel from the United States to Cuba "will serve only to exacerbate the situation" in Cuba, according to the chairman of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops International Policy Committee, who urged Congress to revisit the issue.
• Worth Noting (04-143)
  July 28, 2004
• Bishop Gregory Praises New Roman Document (04-144)
  July 31, 2004
  Belleville Bishop Wilton D. Gregory, president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, called a newly released document of the Holy See on the collaboration of men and women "a timely reminder of both the equality of men and women and also of the distinctive difference between them with which God endowed them in creation."

For media inquiries, e-mail us at commdept@usccb.org
Department of Communications | 3211 4th Street, N.E., Washington DC 20017-1194 | (202) 541-3000 © USCCB. All rights reserved.