Bishop Michael C. Barber Archives

Bishops applaud administration’s support for school choice proposal

Feb 7, 2020

The right of parents “to exercise freedom of choice in education is firmly rooted in the teachings of our Catholic faith,” two U.S. Catholic bishops said Feb. 5 in a joint statement on a federal proposal to expand parental choice for their children’s schooling.

By Catholic News Service

St. Paul offers encouragement to today’s episcopate, bishop says

Jan 31, 2020

Throughout their ministry’s ups and downs, bishops can draw encouragement from St. Paul, said Bishop Michael C. Barber of Oakland, California.

By Carol Glatz

Bishops welcome guidance on school prayer, Trump’s proposed rules

Jan 21, 2020

The chairmen of the U.S. bishops’ religious liberty and Catholic education committees Jan. 20 praised the Trump administration for issuing guidance on prayer in public schools.

By Catholic News Service

Bishop praises congressional reauthorization of scholarship program

Dec 28, 2019

The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Catholic Education Committee applauded the recent decision by Congress to reauthorize scholarship legislation that includes a federal education voucher for nearly 2,000 students in Washington.

By Catholic News Service

U.S., English bishops welcome Vatican document on gender ideology

Jun 12, 2019

Catholic bishops in the U.S., England and Wales welcomed the Vatican’s statement that gender ideology is opposed to faith and reason, and that Catholic schools and parents must help teach children that gender is fixed from birth.

By Elizabeth Bachmann

Oakland bishop: Publishing priest-abusers list an ‘act of contrition’

Feb 20, 2019

The Diocese of Oakland, which serves two California counties in the East Bay area, published Feb. 18 a list of priests, deacons and religious brothers who have worked in the diocese and been credibly accused of abuse, dating back to the diocese’s founding in 1962.

By Catholic News Service