The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' statement emphasized that Archbishop Paul Coakley discussed areas of 'mutual concerns' with the Trump administration.
During the USCCB's meeting, Bishop Joseph Strickland urged the bishops to address Fr. James Martin's confirmation of openly gay ABC anchor Gio Benitez but was met with silence.
The consecration will take place on June 12, 2026, the final day of the USCCB's Spring Assembly, which coincides with the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Newly appointed bishop of San Diego Michael Pham invited priests to commemorate 'World Refugee Day' by attending federal court hearings with migrants facing deportation.
District Judge Theodore Chuang said Elon Musk and DOGE’s actions 'likely violated' the Constitution “in multiple ways,' and he ordered DOGE to restore agency email access and certain payments, but the impact of the ruling is undetermined because many of its programs were already shut down.
Wieslaw J. Walawender has written a letter to Vice President JD Vance stating that the Catholic Church’s work with immigrants is problematic and needs to be discontinued and investigated for previous criminal activity.
It's problematic that the U.S. government has given over a $ 1 billion to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and its affiliates to settle refugees and immigrants when the Church has a scandalous history of placing predator priests among migrants and the handicapped and of covering up abuse that has occurred among them.
Janet Smith, Elizabeth Yore and victims of clergy sexual abuse are asking for help to force the Catholic Church to make a full disclosure into how government funding was used by the USCCB, Catholic dioceses, Catholic Charities, Catholic Relief Services, and all NGOs.