Happening Now

Letter to Congress on Law Enforcement De-escalation Training Act of 2022
August 3, 2022

Letter to Congress Regarding Gun Violence and the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act
Archbishop Paul S. Coakley, Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone, Archbishop William E. Lori, and Bishop Thomas Daly, June 23, 2022

Mental and Behavioral Health

Background Information

Pastoral Response to Persons with Mental Illness
National Catholic Partnership on Disability

Letters and Statements

Letter to Congress on Law Enforcement De-escalation Training Act of 2022
August 3, 2022

Letter to Congress Regarding Gun Violence and the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act
Archbishop Paul S. Coakley, Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone, Archbishop William E. Lori, and Bishop Thomas Daly, June 23, 2022

Statement of U.S. Bishops’ Chairman for Domestic Justice Committee on Shootings in San Jose
Archbishop Paul S. Coakley, May 26, 2021

Letter to U.S. House of Representatives in Support of Legislation Reforming Mental Health Care
Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski, July 6, 2016

Letter to Congress on Family First Prevention Services Act
Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski and Sr. Donna Markham, June 21, 2016

Letter to the U.S. Senate Endorsing Youth Drug and Mental Health Services Act
Cardinal Roger Mahony June 10, 1999