On Aug. 5, 2024, Pope Francis appointed then-Bishop Richard Henning of Providence to succeed Cardinal Seán O’Malley in the Archdiocese of Boston — one of the most prominent sees in the United States.
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US Bishops Support Bill Easing Immigrant Religious Workers’ Path to Permanent Residency
The U.S. bishops on April 10 told congressional lawmakers they support bipartisan legislation that would ease some immigration restrictions on religious workers from other countries, allowing them to stay in the U.S. while they wait for permanent residency.
US Bishops Ask Trump in Joint Letter to Pursue Global Debt Relief in the Jubilee Year
In a world economy rocked by the whiplash of American trade tariffs that has spared few countries, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and Jubilee USA Network, an interfaith development group, have a proposition for President Donald J. Trump: Forgive some debts.
In a joint letter dated April 8, the two organizations wrote Trump, encouraging him to build on global debt relief efforts from his first term.
U.S. Bishops Sue Trump Administration Over Migrant Funding Freeze
Citing the violation of multiple laws and Congress’s authority to control government spending as outlined by the Constitution, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has sued the Trump administration over its halt of refugee resettlement funding.
Bishop Seitz Responds to Vance on Immigration: ‘He Clearly Doesn’t Know Me’
Calling Vice President JD Vance’s “bottom line” comments a “tremendous mischaracterization,” Bishop Mark Seitz of El Paso said that “[Vance] clearly doesn’t know me. He doesn’t know my heart” while also offering a sit-down conversation.
Trump’s School Choice Executive Order ‘Rightly Affirms’ Role of Parents, Say U.S. Bishops
Applauding a recent executive order that promotes parental choice in education, Bishop David O’Connell highlighted that the order “rightly recognizes that parents are the primary educators of their children.”
USCCB President Calls Trump Orders on Migration, Death Penalty ‘Deeply Troubling’
Executive orders signed by President Donald Trump on issues including migration, the environment and the death penalty are “deeply troubling,” Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, said in a Jan. 22 statement, while praising another on gender policy.
National Prayer Vigil for Life Takes Place Jan. 23-24 at Washington Basilica
Catholics across the country are invited to observe a nationwide prayer vigil from Jan. 23 to Jan. 24 to pray for an end to abortion and a greater respect for all human life.
Biden’s Catholic Faith Both Key and Complex Part of His Legacy
In the waning days of his single term in the White House, President Joe Biden announced he would bestow the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction, the nation’s highest civilian honor, to Pope Francis.
Bishop DiMarzio Calls Laken Riley Act a Step Backward for Immigration Policies
When the federal government increased its deportation efforts in the mid-1970s, Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio, then a priest in the Archdiocese of Newark, recalls the harm it caused by forcing many undocumented immigrants into situations that led to injury, even death.