News Tagged in United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

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Migration Chairman Calls for Prayers for Trafficking Survivors

The United Nations designated July 30 as the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. . . in 2013 to raise awareness of the devastating impact human trafficking has on...

Weakened Fair Housing Rule Fails to Promote Dignity of Human Person

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced. . . that it would terminate the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing regulation (AFFH) issued in...

U.S. Bishops Urge President to Rescind Divisive Memorandum Excluding Undocumented from Inclusion in Apportionment of U.S. House of Representative Seats

On July 21, President Trump issued a Presidential Memorandum to the U.S. Secretary of Commerce ordering that undocumented people counted in the 2020 Census be excluded...

Bishop Chairmen Condemn Acts of Vandalism, Destruction at Catholic Sites

Chairman of the USCCB’s Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, issued the following statement in response to reports of increasing incidents of church...

U.S. Bishops’ Subcommittee On The Catholic Campaign For Human Development Approves $500,000 Strategic National Grant to put Laudato Si’ in Action

The Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD), the domestic anti-poverty program of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), has approved a strategic...

U.S. Bishops’ Subcommittee On The Catholic Campaign For Human Development Approves $300,000 Strategic National Grant to provide vital support to Native CDFI Network

The Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD), the domestic anti-poverty program of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), has approved a strategic...

Ministry Leaders to Examine Catholic Church’s Engagement with Young People

On Saturday, July 25, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on Cultural Diversity in the Church, in collaboration with other offices at the USCCB and...

Pope Francis Names Bishop Ronald A. Hicks as Bishop of Joliet

Pope Francis has named Bishop Ronald A. Hicks, auxiliary bishop of Chicago, as Bishop of Joliet.

Pope Francis Names Bishop Edward C. Malesic as Bishop of Cleveland

Pope Francis has named Bishop Edward C. Malesic of Greensburg as Bishop of Cleveland.

Statement of U.S. Bishops’ President and Chairman for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs on Hagia Sophia

During its 1,500-year history, the Hagia Sophia (“Holy Wisdom”) in Istanbul has been both a church and mosque. A museum for the last 84 years, it has served as a symbol...