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June 2003 Press Release Archives
- Catholic Bishops Urge President To Give Top Priority To Mideast Peace (03-112)
June 2, 2003
The U.S. Catholic Bishops are urging President George W. Bush to continue "to give the peace process the highest priority in order to ensure that Israel and the Palestinians each move forward on the path to peace without delay."
- Bishops Disappointed In Tax Bill; Urge Action To Help Poor, Middle Income Families (03-114)
June 3, 2003
The U.S. Bishops expressed disappointment in the newly signed tax bill which does not benefit low income families with children.
- Media Advisory: Schedule Details (03-118)
June 3, 2003
The June General Meeting of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops begins on Thursday, June 19, 2003 at the Hyatt Regency Union Station in St. Louis.
- Pope Accepts Resignation of Auxiliary Bishop Fitzgerald Of Joliet (03-113)
June 4, 2003
Pope John Paul II has accepted the resignation of Auxiliary Bishop James E. Fitzgerald of Joliet.
- Colombian Conflict is 'Most Dire Humanitarian Conflict' (03-115)
June 4, 2003
Two U.S.-backed initiatives have exacerbated the decades-old crisis in Colombia, "the direst humanitarian crisis in the Western hemisphere," according to two bishops who recently traveled there.
- Cardinal Bevilacqua Hails Passage Of Partial-Birth Abortion Ban (03-116)
June 5, 2003
"The Catholic Bishops of the United States are grateful and encouraged by the House of Representatives' overwhelming vote of 282-139 to ban partial-birth abortion."
- Pope accepts resignation of Miami Auxiliary Bishop Román (03-117)
June 6, 2003
Pope John Paul II has accepted the resignation of Auxiliary Bishop Agustín A. Román of Miami.
- Ecumenical and Interreligious Committee Responds To News Report (03-119)
June 11, 2003
At the request of the Chairman of the Bishops' Committee for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs, the Department for Communications is issuing the following clarifying statement.
- National Migration Conference Set For July 6-10 In Washington (03-121)
June 11, 2003
Hundreds of immigration advocates will be on hand July 6-10 in Washington for the National Migration Conference 2003 to learn the latest on the U.S. response to the world's 15 million refugees, to plan strategies for their advocacy efforts, to hear internationally respected immigration and refugee experts, and to see the moving presentation Children of War.
- North American Orthodox-Catholic Theological Consultation Holds 64th Meeting; Continues Its Study of Filioque Question (03-120)
June 12, 2003
The North American Orthodox-Catholic Theological Consultation held its 64th meeting from May 27 to 29, 2003, at St. Vladimir's Orthodox Seminary in Crestwood, New York.
- Bishops' Official Testifies Before President's Bioethics Council, Medical Research Can And Should Be Guided By Fundamental Ethical Norms (03-122)
June 12, 2003
Today the President's Council on Bioethics heard testimony on the values and principles that ought to govern policy on human embryo research.
- Down the Road – Upcoming Calendar July 2003 (03-123)
June 13, 2003
- Media Alert – Worth Noting (03-124)
June 13, 2003
July Recess a Time to Focus on Media Ownership Rules; "All Come Bearing Gifts" to July Migration Conference; Social Action Summer Institute an Annual Event
- Training Set On "Welcoming the Stranger" (03-125)
June 13, 2003
A better appreciation for ethnic and racial diversity and a greater capacity for welcoming immigrants and refugees into Catholic communities are goals of the seventh regional "unity in diversity" training scheduled for June 25-27 in Seattle.
- MEDIA ADVISORY: Revised June Meeting Schedule (03-126)
June 16, 2003
The June General Meeting of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops will be held Thursday, June 19, to Saturday, June 21, 2003 at the Hyatt Regency Union Station in St. Louis.
- Governor Keating Resigns From National Review Board (03-128)
June 16, 2003
In a letter to Belleville Bishop Wilton D. Gregory, president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, former Oklahoma Governor Frank Keating resigned from the National Review Board which he chairs.
- USCCB publishing announces toll-free trade number and website for Pope's new poetry book (03-129)
June 18, 2003
"To better serve bookstores and trade accounts we have established a toll-free number and a website for the poetry of John Paul II, Roman Triptych: Meditations. The toll-free number is 1-866-JPIIPOEMS and the website is www.jpiipoems.org," announced Paul Henderson, executive director of USCCB Publishing.
- Bishops' Report on Native American Catholics Released (03-130)
June 19, 2003
Nearly half-a-million Native Americans are Catholic, according to a report released today, Native American Catholics at the Millennium, by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' (USCCB) Ad Hoc Committee on Native American Catholics.
- Deacons Focus of Oriental Orthodox-Roman Catholic Consultation, June 9-10,
in New Rochelle, New York (03-133)
June 26, 2003
The annual meeting of the Oriental Orthodox-Roman Catholic Consultation took place at St. Nersess Armenian Seminary in New Rochelle, NY, June 9 and 10, 2003. It was chaired jointly by Bishop Howard Hubbard of Albany, New York, and the Right Rev. Chor-Bishop John Meno of the Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch.
- Pastor, Vocationist Priest Named Auxiliary Bishop of Newark (03-132)
June 27, 2003
Father Edgar M. da Cunha, SDV, pastor of St. Michael's Parish, Newark, and Delegate for the United States of the Superior General of the Society of Divine Vocations, has been named Auxiliary Bishop of Newark and Titular Bishop of Ucres by Pope John Paul II.
- Conference President Criticizes Supreme Court Decision (03-134)
June 27, 2003
Belleville Bishop Wilton D. Gregory, president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, issued the following statement about the moral ramifications of the Supreme Court's decision, Lawrence vs. Texas, striking down that state's sodomy law.
- Pope Appoints Bishop Wenski Coadjutor Bishop of Orlando (03-135)
June 30, 2003
Pope John Paul II has appointed Auxiliary Bishop Thomas G. Wenski of Miami as Coadjutor Bishop of Orlando. |