Supreme Court Rules That Maine Cannot Discriminate Against Religious Schools Because They Teach Religion

The Supreme Court of the United States issued its decision in the case of Carson v. Makin, which challenged a decision by the First Circuit to allow the State of Maine to...

World Day of Prayer for the Sanctification of Priests is a Special Moment to Pray for Priests and the Gift of their Vocation

On June 24, the Catholic Church will celebrate World Day of Prayer for the Sanctification of Priests. Established by Saint John Paul II in 2002, this celebration occurs...

Immigration

U.S. Bishops’ Migration Chairman Expresses Solidarity with Dreamers on DACA’s Tenth Anniversary, Calls for ‘Long-Awaited Inflection Point’

Today marks ten years since the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program was created through executive action.

U.S. Bishops’ Domestic Policy Chairman Commends Congressional Efforts to Address Gun Violence

Over the weekend, twenty senators announced a bipartisan proposal to address gun violence

Bishop Chairmen Plead for Peace as Attacks on Pro-Life Organizations Mount

In response to ongoing attacks on Catholic churches and pro-life pregnancy centers, Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic...

Child and Youth Protection

USCCB Continues to Offer Child Protection and Safe Environment Resources to Assist Dioceses and Eparchies

This June marks twenty years since the U.S. bishops gathered in Dallas, Texas to address the sin of clergy sexual abuse. At their 2002 meeting, the bishops drafted and...

Pope Francis Accepts Resignation of Bishop Thomas Olmsted of the Diocese of Phoenix; Appoints Bishop John Dolan as Successor

Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted, 75, from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Phoenix, and has appointed Bishop John P. Dolan...

Child and Youth Protection

Statement of USCCB President on Twenty Years Since Passage of the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People

This June marks twenty years since the Catholic bishops of the United States gathered in Dallas, Texas to draft and pass the Charter for the Protection of Children and...

U.S. Bishops’ International Justice and Peace Chairman on the Attack of Catholic Church in Nigeria

On Pentecost Sunday (June 5), gunmen threw explosive devices and fired on the congregation gathered at St. Francis Xavier Church in the city of Owo, Ondo State in Nigeria...

Environment

Bishop Chairman Calls for Investments for Climate Change and the Common Good

As Congress considers additional investments to protect the environment this year, Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, chairman of the U.S. Conference of the...