News Tagged in USCCB

U.S. Bishops’ President, Cardinals, and Committee Chairman Press Congress for Emergency Aid for Catholic Schools

USCCB's President, Cardinal, and Committee chairman cosigned a letter requesting that emergency aid to Catholic schools be included in the next federal COVID emergency...
Pope Francis Accepts Resignation of Bishop John LeVoir of New Ulm

Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of the Most Reverend John M. Levoir from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of New Ulm
International Policy

U.S. Bishops’ International Justice and Peace Chairman Shares Solidarity with Pope Francis in Condemning the Attack Against the Cathedral of Managua, Nicaragua

Bishop David J. Malloy of Rockford and chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on International Justice and Peace, issued the following statement
Migrants, Refugees & Travelers

U.S. Bishops’ President Joins Migration Chairman Urging Trump Administration to Reinstate Full DACA Program; Calls for Congressional Action

On July 28, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Acting Secretary Chad Wolf issued a memorandum. . . adding limitations to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals...
U.S. Bishops’ President Reflects on the 75th Anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles and president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) issued the following statement on the 75th anniversary of the...
Migrants, Refugees & Travelers

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...