USCCB Archives

Admitting fewer refugees ‘runs counter’ to U.S. values, say USCCB leaders

A proposal to reduce the number of refugee admissions to the United States to fewer than 30,000 “would be wholly counter to our values as a nation of immigrants,” said the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the chair of the bishops’ Committee on Migration.

Century-old ‘Bishops’ Program’ highlights Labor Day statement

The 1919 “Bishops’ Program for Social Reconstruction” was showcased in this year’s Labor Day statement to demonstrate how so many of the issues the bishops touched upon a century ago in the wake of World War I’s end still resonate in improving the conditions of workers today.

Parkland survivors, U.S. bishops have much in common on gun violence
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- Aug 31, 2019
The U.S. bishops share many of the same priorities with victims of the mass shooting in Parkland when it comes to gun legislation.
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Migrant children will suffer most under new detention rule, says bishop
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- Aug 27, 2019
The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ migration committee said Aug. 23 he sees “heartbreaking consequences for immigrant children” in a final rule issued by the Trump administration that allows the federal government to hold immigrant children in family detention indefinitely.
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Religious leaders urge U.S. to keep refugee resettlement program
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- Aug 26, 2019
Several women’s religious orders, individual women religious and Catholic organizations such as Pax Christi and Jesuit Refugee Service were among more than 500 religious leaders and groups who signed an Aug. 23 letter to President Donald Trump urging his administration not to go through with plans to possibly end the country’s refugee resettlement program.
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