Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions Signed Amid Highest Level of Forced Displacement Ever Recorded

Earlier this year, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees announced that the total number of forcibly displaced persons in the world has reached 100 million...

Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs

Representatives from Catholic and Pentecostal Churches Meet for Ecumenical Dialogue

Delegations representing the Catholic Church and the Pentecostal Charismatic Movement met September 14-16, 2022, for ecumenical dialogue. The meeting, hosted by Oral...

U.S. Bishops’ Chairman for International Justice and Peace Condemns Threats to Use Nuclear Weapons

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

Respect Life Month is Opportunity for Catholics to Join in “Radical Solidarity” with Pregnant Mothers

The Catholic Church in the United States observes October as “Respect Life Month.” This year, Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore, chairman of the U.S. Conference of...

Statement of U.S. Bishops’ President on the Death of Archbishop Joseph Fiorenza, Former USCCB President

Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles and president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops issued the following statement on the passing of Archbishop Joseph...

U.S. Bishops Release National Synthesis Outlining Common Themes Raised in Synod Listening Sessions

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has issued the National Synthesis of the People of God in the United States of America. The synthesis marks the completion...

Catholic Faithful Invited to Encounter Those Living on the Existential Peripheries During National Migration Week and World Day of Migrants and Refugees

The Catholic Church in the United States marks National Migration Week (September 19-25) as an opportunity for the faithful to reflect on the circumstances confronting...

U.S. Bishops’ Chairman for International Justice and Peace Calls for Progress in Nuclear Disarmament

The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Review Conference concluded on August 26 without consensus on a final document. Bishop David J. Malloy of Rockford...

Environment

Bishop Chairmen Issue Reflection on World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation

Each year, Pope Francis invites the Church to commemorate the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation on September 1. This day of prayer begins a month-long “Season...

Labor Day 2022 Statement Focuses on Promoting the Welfare of Working Families

As Americans prepare to mark Labor Day on September 5, Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on...