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Aborting unborn children is the opposite of healthcare, the U.S. Bishops declared Monday in a statement condemning the Women’s Health Protection Act as “the most unjust and extreme” abortion bill our nation has ever seen.

Leaders of the U.S. Bishops’ Conference (USCCB) have decried the recent mass shooting in Highland Park, IL, calling for the strengthening of gun laws, as well as programs addressing “mental health, family, and cultural factors” behind gun violence.

The Michigan Catholic Bishops released a statement Friday expressing their joy over the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade while insisting that pro-lifers still have much work to do.

The Catholic Bishops of New York issued a statement Friday on the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, declaring that the historic ruling “will save countless innocent children simply waiting to be born.”

The U.S. Catholic Bishops’ Conference (USCCB) is calling for prayer and action on religious freedom issues ranging from the Church in China to the defeat of taxpayer funding for abortion.

The United States Catholic bishops have reached out in “solidarity” to the church in Nigeria, condemning recent lethal attacks on Christians.

The leader of a dissident Catholic LGBT advocacy group has praised Pope Francis’ choice of San Diego Bishop Robert W. McElroy to become a cardinal, calling McElroy “the kind of prelate our church needs.”

The U.S. Catholic Bishops’ Conference (USCCB) is urging Catholics and people of good will to contact senators set to vote Wednesday on the Women’s Health Protection Act.

The U.S. Catholic Bishops have declared Friday, May 13, as a day of prayer and fasting for an end to abortion in America.

Denver Archbishop Samuel Aquila has denounced the passage of Colorado’s “Reproductive Health Equity Act,” which enshrines in law an unfettered right to abortion while denying any rights to the unborn.

Leaders of the U.S. Bishops’ Conference (USCCB) lauded the Supreme Court ruling permitting death row inmate John Ramirez to receive spiritual assistance prior to his execution.

Leaders of the U.S. Bishops’ Conference (USCCB) have reacted to the Senate’s decisive defeat of the Democrat-sponsored Women’s Health Protection Act, calling the outcome a “tremendous relief.”

The pro-life office of the U.S. Bishops’ Conference (USCCB) has launched a letter-writing campaign in opposition to the Democrat-sponsored Women’s Health Protection Act.

Leaders of the U.S. Bishops’ Conference (USCCB) have blasted proposed legislation that would codify abortion rights into federal law, insisting that abortion is “the opposite of health care and is an extreme violation of human rights.”

San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone has condemned the “diabolical” actions of Catholics for Choice, a dissident group that projected pro-abortion slogans on the National Basilica Thursday prior to the March for Life.

Bishop Joseph Strickland of Tyler Texas said Friday that New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has caved to the culture of death and should stop claiming to be a “good Catholic.”

The United States Catholic Bishops’ Conference (USCCB) has launched a 9-day prayer campaign for the protection of unborn human life in the lead-up to the anniversary of Roe v. Wade.

The Catholic bishops of New Jersey have expressed their dismay over the passage of sweeping state legislation proclaiming a right to abortion all the way up to birth.

Baltimore Archbishop William Lori, chairman of the U.S. Bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities, has launched a prayer crusade for the reversal of the fateful 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion.

The Catholic Church should feel free to criticize the government when necessary and “shouldn’t be captive to one party or another,” Bishop Daniel E. Flores of Brownsville, Texas, said this week.

The United States Bishops’ Conference has joined with Protestants and Orthodox Christians in launching a prayer crusade against Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion nationwide.

The United States bishops released a long-awaited document on worthiness to receive Holy Communion Wednesday, in which they insist that politicians have a particular responsibility to uphold the Church’s moral teachings.

San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone warned that President Joe Biden not only dissents from Church teaching but also from “sound science” when it comes to his enthusiastic support for abortion.

Jesuit Father James Martin told Italian media that the U.S. bishops are obsessed with abortion, which clouds their vision on other equally important issues.

The Vatican declined to comment Friday about U.S. President Joe Biden’s claim that Pope Francis had encouraged him to keep receiving Holy Communion at Mass.

The former Associate Director of the U.S. Bishops’ Pro-Life Office, a self-described “pro-life Democrat” said Saturday he grieves “for the disastrously wrong turn of my party.”

The U.S. Catholic bishops expressed their dismay over the 100th act of anti-Catholic vandalism since they began tracking the phenomenon last May.

The U.S. bishops’ pro-life chairman Archbishop Joseph Naumann is urging President Biden to act like the “devout Catholic” he says he is by opposing the evil of abortion, Catholic News Agency reported Tuesday.

The United States Bishops’ Conference (USCCB) denounced the Women’s Health Protection Act as “the most radical abortion bill ever,” insisting it boded poorly for the future of the country.

The U.S. Bishops’ Conference (USCCB) warned Friday of a “huge battle shaping up over taxpayer funding of abortion.”

Washington, DC, Cardinal Wilton Gregory told the National Press Club Wednesday that President Biden “is not demonstrating Catholic teaching” by denying that human life begins at conception.

The Texas Catholic Bishops have praised the Supreme Court’s decision not to block the state’s Heartbeat Act, asserting that abortion is “the violent taking of innocent human life.”

Kansas City Archbishop Joseph Naumann has insisted on the right to conscience objections for those who do not wish to receive the coronavirus vaccines.

Arlington Bishop Michael Burbidge has written a letter denouncing gender ideology and insisting that “no one” is transgender, NBC News reported this weekend.

ROME — The Archdiocese of Philadelphia has joined five other Catholic dioceses in rejecting exemptions to the coronavirus vaccines on religious grounds, just as other U.S. dioceses go in the opposite direction.

Representatives of the U.S. Bishop’s Conference (USCCB) are urging the federal government to act swiftly to help relocate refugees fleeing the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan.