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Migrants, Refugees & Travelers
USCCB Migration Chairman Welcomes Administration’s Initial Effort to Reform Enforcement and Protect Families
On January 20, 2021, President Joe Biden revoked Executive Order 13768 of January 25, 2017 on “Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States”
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International Policy
Catholic Leaders Express Hope with President’s Announcement that U.S. Will Rejoin the Paris Agreement on Climate Change
Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City and Bishop David J. Malloy of Rockford, respective chairmen of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB)...
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Migrants, Refugees & Travelers
USCCB Chairmen Welcome End of Ban Prohibiting Immigrants and Refugees from Certain Muslim Majority and African Countries Entering the United States
On January 20, 2021, President Biden issued a Proclamation reversing the Trump Administration’s policy prohibiting immigrants and refugees from several Muslim-majority...
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USCCB President's Statement on the Inauguration of Joseph R. Biden, Jr., as 46th President of the United States of America
Statement on the Inauguration of Joseph R. Biden, Jr., as 46th President of the United States of America from Most Reverend José H. Gomez, Archbishop of Los Angeles...
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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...
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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...
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Religious Liberty
In Commemoration of Religious Freedom Day, U.S. Bishops’ Chairman for Religious Liberty Reflects on the Importance of Dialogue
WASHINGTON – On January 16, the United States celebrates Religious Freedom Day. Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic...
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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...
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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
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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...