Statement of U.S. Bishop Chairmen on Federal Executions Scheduled This Week
September 22, 2020
Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, and Archbishop… Read More
National Day of Prayer and Fasting
September 22, 2020
Three times throughout his presidency, Abraham Lincoln called the entire nation to fast and pray, saying, “Intoxicated with unbroken success, we have become too self-sufficient to… Read More
Emergency Assistance for Victims of Hurricane Laura, California Wildfires
September 9, 2020
The Diocese of St. Augustine will join dioceses across the country in taking up a voluntary special collection for the humanitarian, long-term recovery, and church… Read More
Bishop Chairman Issues Labor Day Statement on Rebuilding a Dignified Post-COVID World
September 4, 2020
WASHINGTON – Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development,… Read More
In Wake of Kenosha Violence, U.S. Bishops’ Chairman for Committee Against Racism Urges Day of Prayer and Fasting
August 28, 2020
This Friday, August 28 marks the 57th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington where Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his “I Have… Read More
Migration Chairman Calls for Prayers for Trafficking Survivors
July 30, 2020
The United Nations designated July 30 as the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons in 2013 to raise awareness of the devastating impact human… Read More
USCCB Chairmen Welcome Supreme Court Decision Preserving the Religious Liberty of Little Sisters
July 8, 2020
PHOTO: In this 2016 file photo, Sister Loraine Marie Maguire, mother provincial of the Denver-based Little Sisters of the Poor, speaks to the media outside… Read More
Bishop Chairman Calls on Administration to Reverse Course on Federal Executions
July 2, 2020
Following the U.S. Attorney General’s decision to set new federal execution dates for four federal death row inmates beginning July 13, 2020, and the decision… Read More
Recent Supreme Court Decision Supports Religious Liberty
July 2, 2020
PHOTO: Montana resident Kendra Espinoza, a key plaintiff in a religious rights case involving school choice, poses for a photo in front of the U.S. Read More
U.S. Bishops Respond to SCOTUS Decision on Abortion
June 29, 2020
On Monday, June 29, the Supreme Court of the United States announced its decision in an abortion case out of Louisiana, June Medical Services v. Read More
