Pro life

U.S. Bishops’ Chairman for Pro-Life Activities on the 2021 March for Life

The organizers for the annual March for Life announced that the 2021 rally would take place in a virtual format. Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City in Kansas...

Pro life

Thousands of Catholics to Pray ‘9 Days for Life’ Novena Jan. 21-29 for the Protection of Human Life

Catholics nationwide are preparing to pray 9 Days for Life, the annual pro-life novena beginning this year on January 21. New this year, dioceses across the country are...

Domestic Policy

U.S. Bishop Chairman Urges Peace Following Reports Warning of Plans for Additional Violence at State Capitols and U.S. Capitol

Following the violence at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, and reports of an FBI bulletin warning of “armed protests” in state capitals and Washington, DC, in the coming...

Statement for Observance of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

For much of the past year, America has been reckoning with the legacy of slavery and the persistence of racial injustice in our country

International Policy

U.S. Bishops’ Chairman for International Justice and Peace Issues Urgent Call to Extend the New START Treaty

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

Marriage and Family Life Ministries

U.S. Bishop Chairmen Say Change to Regulation Will Prevent Government Discrimination Against Faith-based Adoption, Foster Care, and Social Service Providers

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently modified a rule that will help ensure faith-based social service providers will not be excluded from...

Pro life

U.S. Bishop Chairman for Pro-Life Activities Welcomes Supreme Court Decision Reinstating Safety Requirements for Chemical Abortion Drugs

On Tuesday night, the Supreme Court of the United States granted the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s request to reinstate its authority to enforce important health...

National Collections

U.S. Bishops’ Collection for the Church in Latin America Scheduled for January 23-24

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Subcommittee on the Church in Latin America has announced January 23-24 as the weekend for the 2021 Collection for the...

International Policy

U.S. Bishops’ Chairman for International Justice and Peace Responds to Announcement by the Department of State to Add Cuba to List of State Sponsors of Terrorism

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

Domestic Policy

U.S. Bishop Chairmen Call for End to Executions and Ask Congress to Abolish Federal Death Penalty

With three more federal executions scheduled in January, two bishop chairmen call on the current Administration to stop, and for the new Congress and incoming...

U.S. Bishops’ President Condemns Violent Protests and Prays for Safety as Chaos Threatens U.S. Capitol

Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), issued the following statement in response to today’s violence in...

Pro life

Dioceses Across USA Participating in Nationwide Prayer Vigil for Life, January 28-29

Catholics across the country are encouraged to observe a nationwide prayer vigil from Thursday, January 28 to Friday, January 29, 2021 marking the 48th anniversary of the...

National Collections

U.S. Bishops’ Subcommittee on Catholic Home Missions Allocates $1.5M for Disaster Recovery in Puerto Rico

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Subcommittee on Catholic Home Missions has awarded Catholic Extension a $1.5M grant to help support a large-scale effort...

COVID-19

U.S. Bishop Chairman Commends Urgently Needed Bipartisan COVID Relief Package

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

Pope Francis Accepts Resignation of Bishop Gerald Barnes of San Bernardino; Succeeded by Coadjutor Bishop Alberto Rojas

Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Gerald R. Barnes, 75, from the Office of Bishop of San Bernardino.

Pope Francis Names Monsignor Larry Kulick of Diocese of Greensburg as Bishop of Greensburg

Pope Francis has appointed Monsignor Larry James Kulick as the Bishop of Greensburg. Monsignor Kulick is a priest of the Diocese of Greensburg who has been serving as...

Abortion

Bishop Chairmen Commend Administration for Enforcing Conscience Laws on Abortion

Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee for Religious Liberty, and Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of...

Louis Jones is Winner of 2020 CCHD’s Cardinal Bernardin New Leadership Award

The Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD), the anti-poverty program of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), has named Louis Damani Jones of the...

COVID-19

U.S. Bishop Chairmen for Pro-Life and Doctrine Address Ethical Concerns on the New COVID-19 Vaccines

On December 14, Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades of Fort Wayne-South Bend, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on Doctrine, and Archbishop...