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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Bishop Chairmen Call for Congressional Action to Address Gun Violence
After multiple mass shootings in recent weeks, four bishop chairmen joined in a letter to Congress expressing their grief over these incomprehensible tragedies
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Religious Liberty
USCCB to Celebrate Religious Freedom Week: June 22-29, 2022
Religious Freedom Week takes place June 22-29. It begins with the feast day of Sts. Thomas More and John Fisher, includes the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, and ends...
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Permanent Diaconate
Annual Survey Provides Snapshot of the Permanent Diaconate in the United States
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Pope Francis Accepts Resignation of Bishop John Quinn of the Diocese of Winona-Rochester; Appoints Bishop Robert Barron as Successor
Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop John M. Quinn, 76, from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Winona-Rochester, and has appointed Bishop Robert E...