USCCB General Assembly Archives

USCCB Administrative Committee cancels U.S. bishops’ June assembly

Apr 9, 2020

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has canceled the U.S. bishops’ spring general assembly that was planned for June 10-12 in Detroit.

By Catholic News Service

Bishops’ actions at spring meeting called a ‘work in progress’

Jun 15, 2019

The gathering of U.S. bishops June 11-13 in Baltimore was anything but business as usual.

By Carol Zimmermann

Lay groups cautious about bishops’ actions to boost accountability

Jun 14, 2019

Representatives of lay organizations expressed caution over the steps taken by U.S. bishops to boost accountability and transparency in dealing with clergy sexual abuse, saying future actions by the bishops will determine how successful the initiatives ultimately will be.

By Catholic News Service

Bishops vote to revise U.S. catechism’s capital punishment section

Jun 14, 2019

The U.S. bishops voted June 13 to revise what the U.S. Church teaches its adult members about the death penalty in a passage on the issue in the U.S. Catechism for Adults.

By Carol Zimmermann

USCCB president, other bishops, met with survivors of clergy sexual abuse

Jun 13, 2019

Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, along with Bishop Timothy L. Doherty of Lafayette, chairman of the bishops’ Committee for the Protection of Children and Young People, and Bishop Barry C. Knestout of Richmond, Virginia, met with three survivors of clergy sexual abuse late June 12.

By Catholic News Service

Catholic Church should focus on getting ‘nones’ back, Bishop Barron says

Jun 13, 2019

Although the U.S. bishops’ spring assembly in Baltimore was mostly devoted to responding to the sexual abuse crisis in the Church, the bishops also considered something described as the second-most important issue currently facing U.S. Church leaders: How to get religiously unaffiliated, or “nones,” particularly young people, back to the Catholic Church.

By Carol Zimmermann

Bishops affirm diocese’s effort for Michigan stigmatist’s sainthood cause

Jun 13, 2019

The U.S. bishops, after being consulted about the sainthood cause of a man who, except for service in World War II, spent his life in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, gave vocal assent June 12 for the Diocese of Marquette to continue to pursue the cause.

By Mark Pattison

Bishops to vote on new edition of national diaconate directory

Jun 12, 2019

The U.S. bishops are slated to vote on whether to approve a revised national directory on formation and ministry for permanent deacons during their June 11-13 meeting in Baltimore.

By Mark Pattison