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What to expect when the U.S. bishops meet in Florida this week

Jun 12, 2018

The U.S. Bishops will meet in Florida for their annual June meeting this week.

Bishops disappointed with Congress’s inaction on Conscience Protection Act

Mar 22, 2018

The chairmen of the U.S. bishops’ pro-life and religious freedom committees said it was “deeply disappointing” that Congress omitted the Conscience Protection Act from the congressional funding bill for fiscal year 2018.

By Catholic News Service

Bishops urge bipartisan support of Conscience Protection Act

Mar 10, 2018

U.S. Catholic Bishops are supporting the Conscience Protection Act, which would protect nurses and doctors from being forced to participate in abortion.

By Christopher White

Kurtz: Religious freedom not about privilege, but freedom to serve

Jul 4, 2017

Archbishop Joseph Kurtz of Louisville, a former president of the U.S. bishops’ conference, discusses the impetus behind the convocation happening now in Orlando as well as the recent Supreme Court decision concerning religious freedom.

By John L. Allen Jr. and Ines San Martin

Former bishops’ president says small gestures produce big results

Nov 25, 2016

In small and often intimate gestures, there are big lessons for bishops to learn as they exercise their ministry, said Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, Kentucky, in his final address as president of the U.S. bishops’ conference, adding that, “we bishops need those flashes of inspiration and encouragement from God.”

By Mark Pattison

Down Syndrome video banned in France moved U.S. archbishop

Nov 22, 2016

I know that parents facing a prenatal diagnosis of Down Syndrome are frightened, and I can’t take away the fear and concern. But I can share with you my own experience of my brother, George, who was born with Down Syndrome.

By Archbishop Joseph Kurtz