By Lisa Zengarini Washington, Oct 12, 2021: US bishops commend the Biden Administration for increasing to 125,000 the number of refugees who can enter the United States in the new fiscal year. In a statement issued on October 11, they also call on Congress to sustain the Refugee Admissions ProgramContinue Reading
By Lisa Zengarini Salt Lake City: Bishops in the United States have condemned with the recent mass shootings against three Asian-owned businesses in Atlanta, Georgia, in which eight people were killed and one person was wounded. A gunman killed eight people and wounded one other on March 17. The violenceContinue Reading
Rome, Jan. 5, 2019: Pope Francis is encouraging U.S. bishops meeting near Chicago to unify as the Catholic church deals with a “crisis of credibility” stemming from the clergy sex abuse scandal. In an eight-page letter addressed to the bishops and released to the media on January 3, Pope FrancisContinue Reading