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by bcadmin | Aug 13, 2022 | Archbishop Paul Coakley, Catholic Charities, Catholic Climate Covenant, Catholic Health Association, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Climate change, Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, Medicaid, News, Taxes | 0 |
Landmark legislation to address climate change, reduce prescription drug costs and establish a minimum tax on large corporations once thought dead but was suddenly passed by the Senate is being hailed by Catholic advocates.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 15, 2021 | Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, John Carr, News, Obituary, USCCB | 0 |
Thomas J. Quigley, who worked for 45 years in service to the U.S. bishops, mostly in the realm of foreign policy, died Dec. 11 at age 91. He was in hospice care in Arlington, Virginia.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 18, 2021 | Abortion, Abortion law, Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann, Archbishop Paul Coakley, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, Committee on Pro-Life Activities, News, U.S. Congress, USCCB | 0 |
Two Catholic archbishops Sept. 17 objected to two House committees advancing portions of the $3.5 trillion budget bill with language that funds abortions being added to wording they support to improve access to affordable health care for all.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 19, 2021 | Archbishop Charles Thompson, Brandon Scott Hole, Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, FedEx, FedEx Ground center, Indianapolis, News, U.S. & World News | 0 |
Expressing sorrow for the loss of life in yet another mass shooting in the U.S., this time at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis, Archbishop Charles C. Thompson prayed for the victims and their families.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 9, 2021 | Archbishop Jose H. Gomez, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Catholic Social Ministry Gathering, Catholics and politics, Church in the US, Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, faith and politics, News, USCCB | 0 |
“When we speak to our elected officials, we speak as missionary disciples, as followers of Jesus Christ,” said Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles in a Feb. 9 closing message to the Catholic Social Ministry Gathering.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 9, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Catholic Relief Services, Catholic Social Ministry Gathering, Church in the US, Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, COVID-19, CRS, News, USCCB | 0 |
Though COVID-19 seems like the global enemy to defeat, for aid organizations such as Catholic Relief Services, it is simply another crisis to respond to, said Bill O’Keefe, executive vice president for mission and mobilization for the international agency.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 31, 2021 | Archbishop Paul Coakley, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, COVID-19 pandemic, Homelessness, News, President Joe Biden, USCCB | 0 |
The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ domestic policy committee welcomed the extension of the federal eviction moratorium and an increase in nutrition assistance to families struggling through the coronavirus pandemic.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 19, 2020 | Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, Faithful Citizenship, News, U.S. & World News | 0 |
The U.S. bishops’ quadrennial document on political responsibility is rooted in the Catholic Church’s long-standing moral tradition that upholds human dignity and the common good of all, Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City said.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 15, 2020 | Bishop Frank Dewane, Bishop Mark J. Seitz, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, Gun control, Gun violence, Guns, News, USCCB | 0 |
The level of gun violence has actually risen during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to statistics released by the Gun Violence Archive, a nonprofit research group that catalogs every incident of gun violence in the United States.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 1, 2020 | Archbishop Charles Thompson, Archbishop Paul Coakley, Archdiocese of Indianapolis, Attorney General William Barr, capital punishment, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, Death penalty, Executions, Indiana, News, Trump administration, USCCB | 0 |
A Department of Justice announcement in mid-June that it would resume federal executions beginning at a federal prison within the Archdiocese of Indianapolis drew words of remorse and prayers from Catholic leaders for the crime victims of as well as for the inmates slated to die.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 25, 2020 | Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism, Archbishop Paul Coakley, Bishop Mario E. Dorsonville, Bishop Shelton Fabre, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, Committee on Migration, George Floyd, News, police brutality, Protests, Racial justice, Racism, USCCB | 0 |
The chairmen of three U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ committees have called for “better practices for formation and accountability for police” in a joint letter to all members of Congress.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 13, 2020 | Archbishop Joseph Naumann, Archbishop Paul Coakley, Bishop David Konderla, Catholic healthcare, Catholic hospitals, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, Committee on Pro-Life Activities, Defense of Marriage, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, News, Trump administration, USCCB | 0 |
The chairmen of three U.S. bishops’ committees welcomed a final rule implemented by the Trump administration June 12 to restore “the long-standing position of the federal government that discrimination on the basis of ‘sex’ means just that and does not refer to ‘termination of pregnancy’ nor ‘gender identity.'”
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