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Central American Migrants.

At USCCB conference, advocate explains immigrant recruitment fraud

Dec 6, 2018

By Christine Rousselle

An immigrant rights group hopes the Maryland legislature will protect migrant workers in the state from labor trafficking and fraud... Read more

Bishops.

Analysis: How sexual misconduct reforms might begin in U.S. dioceses

Nov 29, 2018

By Ed Condon

Some U.S. bishops have told CNA they now realize that if they want to initiate new reforms, they’ll have to... Read more

Signpost at the US-Mexican border.

U.S. Catholics respond to use of tear gas at the border

Nov 27, 2018

By Christine Rousselle

Catholic groups have reacted to the use of tear gas at the U.S. - Mexico border Sunday, calling the situation... Read more

Bishop Coyne, Cardinal DiNardo, and Bishop Doherty at the USCCB press conference in Baltimore, Md., Nov. 12, 2018.

Analysis: On sexual abuse, what will U.S. bishops, and the pope, do next?

Nov 26, 2018

By JD Flynn

After several confusing and turbulent weeks in the Church, it is worth asking where reform efforts stand, and where they... Read more

Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago. CNA file photo

Cupich denies working with Wuerl on ‘metropolitan model’ plan for sex abuse inquiries

Nov 21, 2018

By Ed Condon

Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago has denied collaborating with Cardinal Donald Wuerl on a proposal for handling misconduct complaints against... Read more

The USCCB autumn General Assembly in Baltimore, Md., Nov. 12, 2018.

Cupich and Wuerl collaborated on alternative sex abuse proposal

Nov 16, 2018

By Ed Condon

Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago and Cardinal Donald Wuerl of Washington collaborated extensively on a recently proposed policy for handling... Read more

Voting at the USCCB autumn General Assembly in Baltimore, Md., Nov. 13, 2018. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)

'What are people to make of our silence?' Bishops discuss McCarrick in Baltimore

Nov 14, 2018

By Ed Condon

The bishops of the United States resumed their open-floor discussion on the recent sexual abuse scandals facing the Church in... Read more

Voting at the USCCB autumn General Assembly in Baltimore, Md., Nov. 14, 2018. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)

US bishops punt resolution encouraging Holy See to release McCarrick documents

Nov 14, 2018

On the last day of their fall meeting, the U.S. bishops' conference voted down a resolution that would have “encouraged”... Read more

The USCCB autumn General Assembly in Baltimore, Md., Nov. 12, 2018.  (CNS photo/Bob Roller)

'No words for depth of our anger' National Advisory Council tells US bishops

Nov 13, 2018

By Ed Condon

As the bishops of the United States continued their fall general assembly in Baltimore Tuesday, the leaders of the National... Read more

USCCB meeting Nov. 2018.

USCCB meeting: What just happened, and what might happen next?

Nov 12, 2018

By Ed Condon, JD Flynn

During a holy hour Monday morning, two survivors of clerical sexual abuse spoke to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops... Read more

Bishop Coyne, Cardinal DiNardo, and Bishop Doherty at the USCCB press conference in Baltimore, Md., Nov. 12, 2018.

Cardinal DiNardo: Vatican directive came from Congregation for Bishops

Nov 12, 2018

The directive not to vote on the proposals which had been expected to form the basis for the response of... Read more

Bishops from across the United States take part in the USCCB's Fall General Assembly in Baltimore on November 11, 2013.

What do Catholics expect from USCCB meeting on abuse crisis?

Nov 9, 2018

By Jonah McKeown

CNA spoke with theologians, priests, and other prominent Catholics about what they hope to see at the upcoming meeting of... Read more

Cardinal Daniel DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, Texas in Vatican City during the Synod of Bishops on October 9, 2015.

U.S bishops welcome new HHS mandate exemptions

Nov 9, 2018

The USCCB has welcomed the Trump administration’s new rules providing enhanced consciene protections against the HHS contraceptive mandate.  Read more

Cardinal Daniel DiNardo. CNA file photo.

Analysis: DiNardo's promise, and the USCCB's pending policies

Nov 9, 2018

By JD Flynn

As the bishops hold their first formal meeting since this summer’s scandal began to unfold, many Catholics are incredulous at... Read more

Bishops from across the United States take part in the USCCB's Fall General Assembly in Baltimore on November 11, 2013.

USCCB General Assembly: Committee elections preview

Nov 3, 2018

The USCCB will gather in Baltimore for its general assembly Nov. 12-14. On the ballot will be candidates for the... Read more

Bishops from across the United States take part in the USCCB's Fall General Assembly in Baltimore on November 11, 2013.

Archbishop McCarrick and 'Dallas 2'

Nov 1, 2018

By Ed Condon

Nov. 13 will mark sixteen years since Cardinal Bernard Law and then-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick addressed the U.S. bishops’ conference on... Read more

U.S. border marker. CNA file photo.

Ahead of migrant caravan, Catholic leaders urge U.S. govt to protect the vulnerable

Oct 29, 2018

As a caravan of thousands of migrants from Central America continues its trek north to the United States, the U.S.... Read more

For families separated at the border, Catholics and Lutherans work together

Oct 25, 2018

Catholic and Lutheran agencies jointly released a report Oct. 17 to document the two agencies’ role in helping to reunite... Read more

Bishops from across the United States take part in the USCCB's Fall General Assembly in Baltimore on November 11, 2013.

Experts respond to new policies for handling allegations against bishops

Sep 20, 2018

By Ed Condon

Following the announcement of new policies for bishops by the USCCB, experts in the fields of law and child protection... Read more

USCCB president Cardinal Daniel DiNardo in Vatican City in October, 2015.

U.S. bishops announce new abuse-prevention measures and call for McCarrick investigation

Sep 19, 2018

The reforms include the establishment of an independent reporting mechanism to receive complaints against bishops, and the development of a... Read more