Bishop Dewane suggested several approaches to right the imbalance brought by inequality in the U.S. bishops’ annual Labor Day statement dated Sept. 4.
Bishops’ annual Labor Day statement scores ‘excessive inequality’
Q & A with Archbishop Gregory: Respect, understanding antidotes to ignorance fueling racism
Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory of Atlanta has conveyed a challenge for justice, civility and respect and delivered a personal message of encouragement to the Catholic community of the Archdiocese of Atlanta.
Immigration, religious liberty and synod on agenda for bishops’ meeting
The U.S. Bishops will discuss issues ranging from immigration to religious freedom, as well as the Synod of Bishops on youth and the Fifth National Encuentro gathering, both coming up in 2018.
Bishops among first signatories to pledge to end death penalty
A pledge campaign to end to capital punishment that took root in January with the Catholic Mobilizing Network was signed by bishops at the U.S. bishops’ headquarters building May 9.
U.S. bishops’ committee chairman: Fix flaws in American Health Care Act
The American Health Care Act that passed by a four-vote margin May 4 in the House has “major defects,” said Bishop Frank J. Dewane of Venice, Florida, chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Domestic Justice and Social Development.
Not just another ‘trade meeting,’ convocation seeks to unify U.S. church
Called by the bishops, the historic convocation will find more than 3,000 Catholic leaders — bishops, clergy, religious and laypeople — meeting July 1-4 in Orlando, Florida, to focus on how the pope’s 2013 apostolic exhortation, “Evangelii Gaudium” (“The Joy of the Gospel”), applies in the United States.
Congress urged to keep health care gains, protect life, conscience rights
The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ domestic policy committee said Jan. 18 that a repeal of the federal health care law should not take place without immediate passage of a plan that preserves people’s access to adequate health care and also protects human life, conscience rights and the poor.
Bishops still have hope Congress will pass immigration reform
The U.S. Catholic bishops remain hopeful that Congress will pass an immigration reform bill.