News Tagged in USCCB

Pope Francis Accepts Resignation of Auxiliary Bishop Octavio Cisneros of Brooklyn

Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of the Most Reverend Octavio Cisneros from the Office of Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn.

International Policy

U.S. Bishop Chairmen Commend Administration for Geneva Consensus Declaration

Three bishop chairmen of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) commended the Trump Administration for its leadership in coalescing 33 United Nations member...

U.S. Bishop Chairmen Support Protection of Women’s and Girls’ Sports

Today, Bishop Michael C. Barber, S.J., of Oakland, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on Catholic Education, and Bishop David A...

Confraternity of Christian Doctrine Funds Catholic Biblical Literacy and Catholic Biblical Interpretation Projects

This fall, the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine (CCD) awarded grants in the amount of $80,000 for three projects that support the goals of the CCD to promote Catholic...

Vocations

National Vocation Awareness Week to be Celebrated November 1-7, 2020

The Catholic Church in the United States will celebrate National Vocation Awareness Week, November 1-7, 2020.

Religious Liberty

U.S. Bishops’ Religious Liberty Chairman Applauds Actions of HHS to Ensure Access to Spiritual Care During COVID-19 Pandemic

Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski of Miami, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on Religious Liberty, applauded yesterday’s announcement by...

Racism

U.S. Bishops’ Book for Children on Racial Injustice Winner of 2020 Moonbeam Award

Today, it was announced that the book has been awarded a gold medal in the Religion/Spirituality category of the 2020 Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards.

Pope Francis Names Father William Byrne of Archdiocese of Washington as Bishop of Springfield in Massachusetts

Pope Francis has appointed Rev. William Draper Byrne, a priest of the Archdiocese of Washington, as the Bishop of Springfield in Massachusetts.

U.S. Bishops’ Chairman of International Justice and Peace Echoes Pope’s Call for Cease-fire in Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict

Bishop David J. Malloy of Rockford, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on International Justice and Peace, issued the following...

Economic Justice & Domestic Poverty

U.S. Bishop Chairman Calls for Reconsideration of End of COVID-Relief Discussions

Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, urged...