The role of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and other bishops’ conferences around the world is “catholic” — working together to promote the church’s mission, said Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state.
At home and abroad: Bishops’ conferences show collegiality, solidarity
U.S. bishops’ conference arose out of a national crisis a century ago
In responding to WWI, the Catholic Church sought how to best serve both its own people and the larger national community at a time of great need, and today the needs of the church and the common good at large continue to guide the USCCB and those who work for it.