Archbishop Kurtz cited Pope Francis' 2015 address to Congress, in which he urged members to promote the common good and human dignity.
"Yesterday, millions of Americans who are struggling to find economic opportunity for their families voted to be heard. Our response should be simple: we hear you," the archbishop said. "The responsibility to help strengthen families belongs to each of us."
He reaffirmed the bishops' commitment to upholding the sanctity of all human life, welcoming "migrants and refugees," and defending religious freedom at home and abroad.
Pro-life groups applauded the victory of pro-life Senate candidates and expressed their desire to work with Trump's administration to pass pro-life legislation.
Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the pro-life group Susan B. Anthony List, called it "an historic moment for the pro-life movement" and said that "four critical pro-life goals now within our reach: end painful late-term abortions, codify the Hyde Amendment, defund Planned Parenthood, and appoint pro-life Supreme Court Justices."
"Acknowledging the divisiveness in our country we also commit to working for the day when all Americans know that abortion is unthinkable, and to building a lasting culture of life," Jeanne Mancini, president of the March for Life, stated Wednesday morning. "We applaud candidates that took a stand on the most critical human rights issue of today, abortion," she said.
In Defense of Christians, an advocacy group for persecuted Christian minorities in the Middle East and North Africa, congratulated Trump on his victory and asked that he "make the plight of religious minorities in the Middle East a foreign policy priority for the United States."
"The Christian values of tolerance and coexistence, and the innovations that these communities have contributed to their societies for so many centuries are essential for a stable and secure Middle East, which is in the national security interests of the United States and the world," the group's executive director Philippe Nassif stated.
Matt Hadro was the political editor at Catholic News Agency through October 2021. He previously worked as CNA senior D.C. correspondent and as a press secretary for U.S. Congressman Chris Smith.