U.S. bishops

As America’s 250th anniversary was celebrated, U.S. Ukrainian Catholic bishops asked Americans to consider the meaning of freedom through the experience of a nation still fighting to preserve it.

The Church must “put out into the deep” and “create hope in Christ,” said Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops wrapped up its fall plenary assembly’s final public session Nov. 13. Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, the conference’s president sat down with OSV News that morning, ahead of the public session, to discuss some of these topics and more.

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This new outreach will involve catechetical publishers working directly with the USCCB on new ways to pass on the faith using digital tools and aiming to reach a more diverse church.

The president and vice president are elected to three-year terms, which begin at the conclusion of this year’s general assembly.

“Engaging in respectful dialogue doesn’t mean compromising our convictions or commitment to the truth. But it does require us to love our neighbor as Christ instructed us and treat them with respect.”

The U.S. bishops voted to approve the budget for 2020 for their conference headquarters in Washington but did not register sufficient numbers to determine passage of a proposed 3% increase in the diocesan assessment for 2021.