USCCB Archives

U.S. bishops call for permanent protection for young migrants

Bishop Joe S. Vasquez, chair of the migration committee of the USCCB, wrote a statement urging the Trump administration and members of the U.S. Congress to “ensure permanent protection” for the estimated 750,000 youth in the DACA program, also known as DREAMERS, who otherwise risk deportation.

Bishop: Budget ‘moral document’; House bill puts poor in ‘real jeopardy’

“The USCCB is monitoring the budget and appropriations process in Congress very carefully, and is analyzing the proposed House budget resolution in more detail,” said Bishop Frank J. Dewane, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development.

Catholic, Lutheran leaders lament refugee entry cap being reached
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- July 17, 2017
The cap on refugees of 50,000 that the Trump administration set has been reached, though with a new order by a federal judge in place more may arrive. This low number has been challenged by Catholic and Lutheran leaders who work to resettle immigrants and refugees and are deeply troubled by the administration’s efforts to ban people.
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USCCB leaders say armed attacks near Jerusalem holy sites ‘a desecration’
- Catholic News Service, Global Church
- July 16, 2017
After a deadly attack on Israeli police that left two dead, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops issued a statement condemning the attack. The statement read, “The path to peace, for which both Israelis and Palestinians yearn, cannot be paved with violence.”
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Bishop sees little improvement in Senate’s latest effort on health care
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- July 15, 2017
Bishop Frank J. Dewane said of the Senate’s latest version of a healthcare bill, “At a time when tax cuts that would seem to benefit the wealthy and increases in other areas of federal spending, such as defense, are being contemplated, placing a ‘per capita cap’ on medical coverage for the poor is unconscionable.”
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