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USCCB Spring Assembly 2019

Catholic Bishops call for 'full strength' of church to fight gun violence

Nov 12, 2019

As the 2020 election season heats up, leaders of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops opened their annual fall meeting (Nov. 11-13) in Baltimore, Maryland, by calling on clerics to be "courteous" to combat political polarization and to advocate for certain public policies, such as legislation that could limit gun violence.

Bishops OK new edition of Program of Priestly Formation

by Mark Pattison, Catholic News Service

Nov 12, 2019

The U.S. bishops Nov. 12 adopted the sixth edition of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Program of Priestly Formation for U.S. dioceses and religious orders.

Lay groups cautious about bishops' actions to boost accountability

by Catholic News Service

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.

Border bishops address different kind of crisis involving children

by Rhina Guidos, Catholic News Service

Jun 14, 2019

While the sex abuse crisis consumed the June meeting of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Baltimore, prelates who work on the border, such as Bishop Daniel Flores of Brownsville, Texas, have been facing a different crisis also involving children.

Feature Series ›

USCCB Spring Assembly 2019

Catholic Bishops call for 'full strength' of church to fight gun violence

Bishops OK new edition of Program of Priestly Formation

Lay groups cautious about bishops' actions to boost accountability

Border bishops address different kind of crisis involving children

Catholic bishops finally tackle the sex abuse cover-up. Now comes the hard part

Bishops on Facebook Live talk about laity's anger, frustration over abuse

Bishops give go-ahead to developing priorities, plans for the early 2020s

Media outlets highlight division through coverage of US bishops' meeting

Bishops approve third-party reporting system; to be in place by May 31

After tumultuous year, bishops' meeting opens with palpable sense of weariness

Barron's idea of evangelization to 'nones' misses the mark

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

Group protests outside Baltimore hotel, objects to proposals on abuse

Bishops' conference's election year document to be supplemented by letter, videos

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

Institutional decline of US bishops' conference obvious on first day of meeting

Bishops approve new edition of national diaconate directory

Bishops OK plan to implement 'motu proprio' on addressing abuse

Cesareao repeats call for greater lay involvement as church tackles abuse

Bishops pass 10-point plan to acknowledge 'episcopal commitments'

Bishops approve update of texts of rites for clergy ordinations

Protocol approved on restrictions on bishops facing claim of abuse

Nuncio's message to bishops: 'Unity prevails over conflict'

Bishops of the United States: the basics

Conservatives still rule the US bishops' conference

Here's the must-do agenda for the US bishops