The U.S. Catholic bishops stand with “our brothers and sisters of the Jewish community,” the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said Oct. 27 after a horrific shooting earlier that day in Pittsburgh at the Tree of Life Synagogue.
USCCB president condemns shooting at synagogue, all ‘acts of hate’
Response to sexual abuse crisis tops agenda for USCCB fall assembly
The firestorm surrounding the clergy sex abuse crisis and the way some bishops handled allegations of abuse against priests will be an important part of the agenda of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ fall general assembly.
Cardinal DiNardo announces plan to address ‘moral catastrophe’ of abuse
The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Aug. 16 announced three key goals and a comprehensive plan to address the “moral catastrophe” of the new abuse scandal hitting the U.S. church.
Bishops ‘shamed’ by ‘sins, omissions’ of priests, bishops leading to abuse
The U.S. bishops as “are shamed by and sorry for the sins and omissions by Catholic priests and Catholic bishops” that have led to sexual abuse and caused great harm to many, said an Aug. 14 statement from the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the chairman of its child protection committee.
Bishops end border visit calling for urgent reunification of children
During a news conference after the second and last day of a group of Catholic bishops visit July 2, they stressed the “urgent” need to do something to help the migrant children.
At Texas center, bishops join in a warm welcome for recent arrivals
Some had been on the road for weeks, others for days, and some entered looking haggard and sunburned with little more than the clothes they were wearing, some holding the hands of their children as a group of Catholic bishops joined a chorus of hands applauding in welcome.
Near immigration’s ground zero, bishops begin border trip with Mass
The bishops of the Catholic Church in the United States have for weeks expressed outrage and condemned the government’s recent practice of separating children from a parent or a family member if they’re caught crossing the U.S.-Mexico border without legal documentation.
Hundreds of calls come in at USCCB HQ seeking to foster detained kids
Maybe it was the request by the Pentagon for 20,000 mattresses as military bases become, at least partly, shelters for detained border crossers.