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Concerned for families, communities, bishops urge President Bush, DHS to drop raids WASHINGTON— Speaking on behalf of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), Bishop John C. Wester, chairman of the Bishops’ Committee on Migration, urged the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and President Bush to reexamine the use of worksite enforcement raids as [...]

Church increasingly responsive to domestic violence, according to survey WASHINGTON — Catholic dioceses are getting better and better at responding to domestic \violence, according to survey results released in time for the annual observance of Domestic Violence Awareness Month in October. The survey, Diocesan Responses to Domestic Violence, was conducted last spring. It was sponsored [...]

The U.S. bishops called Catholics to “renewed vigor as we seek to build together a society that cares for its own, reaches out to the poor and vulnerable, and offers true hope to all” in their annual Labor Day statement. “Poverty has many faces. And they are the faces of our brothers and sisters here [...]

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is asking U.S. Catholics to pray a novena for life, justice, and peace before the November election. The novena, called “Novena for Faithful Citizenship,” is a podcast and available for download. Joan Rosenhauer, associate director for the U.S. bishops’ Department of Justice, Peace and Human Development, said [...]