• Bishops' Head Urges President Act On Crucial Issues At G8 Summit (05-154)
  June 29, 2005
  Bishop William S. Skylstad, President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), urged President Bush to take bold action on global poverty, international trade, climate change and the arms trade at the G8 Summit.
• Committee To Sponsor Focus Groups For Married Couples (05-153)
  June 28, 2005
  The U.S. Bishops' Committee on Marriage and Family Life plans to sponsor focus groups around the country to solicit input from persons concerned about marriage issues, especially married couples themselves.
• USCCB Associate General Counsel Honored (05-152)
  June 27, 2005
  Deirdre Dessingue, Associate General Counsel, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), a nationally recognized expert in the exemption and regulation of religious nonprofits, was presented with the Commissioner's Award in recognition of four years service as a founding member of the Internal Revenue Service's Advisory Committee on Tax Exempt and Government Entities.
• Bishops Express Concern Over Zimbabwe (05-151)
  June 24, 2005
  In a statement of solidarity with the bishops of Zimbabwe, the chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on International Policy expressed concern over the wholesale destruction of homes and businesses of ordinary people by government authorities in the recent so-called "Operation Restore Order."
• North American Orthodox-Catholic Theological Consultation Continues Study of Primacy and Conciliarity (05-150)
  June 23, 2005
  The North American Orthodox-Catholic Theological Consultation held its 68th meeting from June 6 to 8, 2005, at St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary in Crestwood, New York.
• U.S. Energy Policy Should Consider Impact on the Poor (05-149)
  June 21, 2005
  "The poor will experience most directly the possible harmful effects of climate change," the chairman of the bishops International Policy Committee told U.S. Senators, and he urged them to include provisions to mitigate those effects in energy legislation currently being considered.
• Bishop Walter Hurley Named Bishop of Grand Rapids; Resignation of Bishop Straling of Reno Accepted; Auxiliary Bishop Named for Miami (05-148)
  June 21, 2005
  Pope Benedict XVI named Auxiliary Bishop Walter A. Hurley of Detroit to be Bishop of Grand Rapids. Bishop Hurley succeeds Bishop Kevin M. Britt who died May 15, 2004.
• Oriental Orthodox-Roman Catholic Consultation Holds 2005 Meeting (05-147)
  June 20, 2005
  Relations between Oriental Orthodox and their Eastern Catholic counterparts in the United States, and the positions of the churches regarding proselytism, were topics discussed at the 2005 meeting of the United States Oriental Orthodox-Roman Catholic Consultation.
• OVER 23,000 U.S. YOUTH TO JOIN WORLD YOUTH DAY 2005 (05-146)
  June 17, 2005
  Over 23,000 young pilgrims and 70 bishops from the United States will attend the twentieth World Youth Day to be held in Cologne, Germany, August 16-21.
• Bishop Welcomes Commitment To Debt Relief (05-145)
  June 13, 2005
  The chairman of the bishops' International Policy Committee has welcomed the announcement that the world's wealthiest nations would cancel the debt of the world's poorest nations, but urged that the commitment be expanded as soon as possible to other poor countries.
• Cardinal McCarrick, Mexican Foreign Minister, Senator Cornyn To Headline Migration Conference (05-144)
  June 13, 2005
  Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick of Washington, Mexico's foreign minister, and U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) will headline the Catholic Church's first bi-national conference on migration to be held June 23 to June 26 in El Paso, Texas.
• A Book by USCCB Diaconate Official Wins a Catholic Press Association Award (05-143)
  June 13, 2005
  101 Questions & Answers on Deacons by Deacon William T. Ditewig, Ph.D., won third place in the Professional Books category of awards given at the at the recent convention of the Catholic Press Association of the United States and Canada.
• New Members Named For Catholic Campaign for Human Development Committee, Which Will Meet June 15 (05-142)
  June 13, 2005
  Bishop Howard J. Hubbard of Albany, N.Y., Chairman of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD), has named six other bishops and five consultants to serve with him on the CCHD Committee. The new committee will meet in Chicago June 15.
• Down the Road – July Calendar (05-141)
  June 13, 2005
  
• USCCB's Flagship Radio Program Marks Its Fifth Year in Production (05-140)
  June 10, 2005
  This month, the award winning Catholic Radio Weekly, a 30-minute program produced by the U.S. bishops' Catholic Communication Campaign, celebrates its fifth year of providing a weekly look at Church news and the work of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
• Chair, Members Appointed For National Review Board (05-137)
  June 10, 2005
  Spokane Bishop William S. Skylstad, President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), announced today the appointment of a chairperson and four new members for the National Review Board for the Protection of Children and Young People (NRB).
• National Council of Synagogues, BCEIA, Meet Again In Ongoing Consultation; Issue Joint Communiqué (05-139)
  June 8, 2005
  A meeting of the ongoing Consultation between representatives of the National Council of Synagogues and the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Committee for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs was held at the Jewish Theological Seminary on March 11, 2005.
• Books from USCCB Win CPA Book Awards (05-138)
  June 8, 2005
  Three books and a catalog from USCCB Publishing were honored with awards from the Catholic Press Association (CPA) at the recent convocation in Orlando, Florida.
• "Queen of Suspense," Bestselling Author of The Notebook, and Manager of the Florida Marlins Speak About the Importance of Their Catholic Faith on NBC-TV Special (05-136)
  June 3, 2005
  Internationally-renowned author and "Queen of Suspense," Mary Higgins Clark; best-selling author of The Notebook, Nicholas Sparks; and Jack McKeon, the manager of Major League Baseball's Florida Marlins talk about the impact of faith in their lives in a one-hour special that will be distributed to NBC-TV affiliates on Sunday, June 19th.
• Goodness Works Quietly is the theme for this year's Peter's Pence Collection. (05-135)
  June 1, 2005
  Goodness Works Quietly is the theme for this year's Peter's Pence Collection.

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