Prayer

Bishop Chairmen Issue Statement for World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation

A pastoral message for the annual World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation.

General Assembly

U.S. Bishops Vote to Hold November Meeting Virtually

Earlier this month after consultation with the Holy See, the bishop-members of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) voted to approve the convocation of this...

Racism

In Wake of Kenosha Violence, U.S. Bishops’ Chairman for Committee Against Racism Urges Day of Prayer and Fasting

Bishop Shelton J. Fabre of Houma-Thibodaux, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism offered a reflection on Dr. King...

Prayer

U.S. Bishops’ President Prays for Life and Safety as Hurricane Laura Makes Landfall

Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), issued statement praying for the lives and safety of all those in...

Human Rights

U.S. Bishop Chairmen Lament Additional Federal Executions

Statement in light of additional federal executions this week and new executions set in September.

Abortion

Catholic Bishops’ Pro-Life Chairman Applauds Trump Administration for Ethical Scrutiny of Fetal Tissue Research

Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City in Kansas, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities, applauded the Trump...

International Policy

Statement from U.S. Bishops’ Chairman on International Justice and Peace on the Normalization of Israel and United Arab Emirates Relations

Bishop David J. Malloy of Rockford, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on International Justice and Peace, offered the following statement in...

Abortion

Catholic Bishops’ Pro-Life Chairman Praises Trump Administration for Ensuring that U.S. Global Health Assistance Doesn’t Promote Abortion

Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City in Kansas, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities, thanked and praised the...

Bishop Chairman Issues Statement in Celebration of the Fifth Anniversary of Laudato Si’

WASHINGTON – On the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the publication of the encyclical Laudato Si’, Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, chairman of the...

A Statement from the Chief Communications Officer of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

James Rogers, chief communications officer for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, released this statement