Conference and Committee statements of the Bishops of the United States
Our
First, Most Cherished Liberty (USCCB Ad Hoc Committee for Religious
Liberty) - April 2012
Obama HHS
Mandate Update (March 2, 2012)
Timothy Cardinal Dolan, Archbishop of New York, President, United States
Conference of Catholic Bishops
Obama HHS
Mandate Update (February 22, 2012) [Spanish]
Timothy Cardinal Dolan, Archbishop of New York, President, United States
Conference of Catholic Bishops
Most Reverend William E. Lori, Bishop of Bridgeport, Chairman, Ad Hoc
Committee for Religious Liberty
Catholic Bishops Response to Obama’s Revised HHS Mandate (February
10, 2012)
U.S. Bishops Vow to Fight HHS Edict (January 20, 2012)
BACKGROUND:THE NEW FEDERAL MANDATE FOR CONTRACEPTION/STERILIZATION COVERAGE
(January 20, 2012)
The HHS Mandate for Contraception/Sterilization Coverage: An Attack on
Rights of Conscience (January 20)
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)
Forming
Consciences for Faithful Citizenship: A Call to Political Responsibility
(October 2011)
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops - PDF format
U.S. Bishops letter to HHS re: Interim Final Rules on Preventive
Services (August 11, 2011) - PDF
To Live Each Day with Dignity: A Statement on Physician-Assisted Suicide
- United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (June 2011)
Letter
to Congress urging support of HR 1179, The Respect for Rights of Conscience
Act of 2011 (April 6, 2011) - PDF
Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, Chairman, USCCB Committee on Pro-Life Activities
Letter to Congress urging support of HR 5939, the No Taxpayer Funding for
Abortion Act (August 20, 2010)
Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, Chairman, USCCB Committee on Pro-Life Activities
Regarding the Burris amendment which would allow abortions to be performed
in military hospitals and facilities (June 29, 2010) - PDF
Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, Chairman, USCCB Committee on Pro-Life Activities
Setting the Record Straight (May 21, 2010)
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)
U.S.
Bishops Urge Senators to Support Nelson-Hatch-Casey Amendment on Health Care
Reform; Urge Constituents to Back It
(December 7, 2009)
U.S.
Bishops Voice Disappointment in Abortion-Funding Provisions in Senate Health
Bill, Urge Better Care for Immigrants and Affordability (November 20,
2009)
Health Care Update (November 24, 2009)
Bishop Paul S. Loverde, Bishop of Diocese of Arlington, VA
Marriage: Love and Life in the Divine Plan
(November 17, 2009) - PDF
A Pastoral Letter of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
50th
Anniversary Mass (November 15, 2009)
Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien, Archbishop of Baltimore, MD
Statement for Respect Life Sunday (September 29, 2009)
Cardinal Justin Rigali, Archbishop of Philadelphia and Chairman, USCCB Committee
on Pro-Life Activities
Letter
about Health Care Reform (July 17, 2009) - PDF
Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development - Bishop William F. Murphy,
Chairman
Carinal
Justin Rigali, chair of the Committee on Pro-Life
Activities for the USCCB, writes to the House Appropriations Committee
about Tax-funded Abortions in Washington, DC (June 30, 2009) - PDF
U.S. Bishops Express
Support for Bishop D’arcy and His Pastoral Concern for the University of Notre
Dame (June 22, 2009)
U.S. Bishops Express
'Profound Regret' About Shooting Death of Abortion Doctor (June 1, 2009)
Cardinal Rigali endorses the
Pregnant Woman Support Act (April 27, 2009)
Letter to the 111th Congress (February 5, 2009)
Cardinal Justin Rigali, Archbishop of Philadelphia, Chairman, Committee for
Pro-Life Activities, USCCB
USCCB:
"reversal of Mexico City Policy is very disappointing" (January 23, 2009)
Letter to
President-Elect Obama from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
(January 13, 2009)
Priests
for Life welcomes Bishops’ Statement on Embryonic Stem Cell Research (June
2008)
The Treatment
of the Abortion Issue by the United States Catholic Bishops from 1990 Through
2000 - By Fr. Mark Clarke, CMF
Cardinal Welcomes Supreme Court Decision Upholding Federal Partial-Birth
Abortion Ban (April 18, 2007)
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Married Love and the Gift of Life (November 2006)
United States Conference of Catholic
Bishops - PDF
"Happy are Those Who Are Called to His Supper:" On Preparation to Receive Christ
Worthily in the Eucharist (November 2006)
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops - PDF Format
Oral Report to the USCCB
June 2006 Meeting: Task Force on Catholic Bishops and Catholic Politicians
-- Cardinal Theodore McCarrick
Statement on
Responsibilities of Catholics in Public Life (March 10, 2006)
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
A
Culture of Life and the Penalty of Death (November 2005)
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops - PDF
Pro-Life Excerpts from the National
Directory for Catechesis (December 16, 2004)
By the Committee on Education and the
Committee on Catechesis of the USCCB
Catholics in
Political Life (June 18, 2004)
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Faithful Citizenship: A Catholic Call to Political Responsibility
(October 2003)
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
A Matter of the Heart: A Statement on the Thirtieth Anniversary of Roe v. Wade
(November 12, 2002)
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Bishops issue revised Pastoral Plan for Prolife Activities
(November 2001)
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Abortion and the Supreme Court: Advancing the Culture of Death
(November 15, 2000)
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Welcome and Justice for Persons with Disabilities
(1998)
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
"Catholics for a Free Choice" is Not Catholic, say Bishops
(May 10, 2000)
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
US Bishops' Statement: Faithful Citizenship
(October 1999) | [tambien
en español]
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
A Good Friday Appeal to End the Death Penalty
(April 2, 1999)
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Living the Gospel of Life: A Challenge to American
Catholics (November 1998) | [tambien
en español]
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Sharing Catholic Social Teachings: Challenges and Directions
(June 19, 1998)
United States Catholic Conference
US Bishops' Statement on the 25th Anniversary of Roe vs. Wade
(January 1998)
National Conference of Catholic Bishops
Statement on Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Veto - (June 1996)
Bishop Anthony Pilla, NCCB/USCC President
Faithful for Life:
A Moral Reflection (September 1995)
Political Responsibility: Proclaiming the Gospel of Life
(March 1996)
United States Catholic Conference
Confronting a Culture of Violence
(November 16, 1994)
Statement of
the Administrative Committee of the NCCB on "Catholics for a Free Choice"
(November 4, 1993)
National Conference of Catholic Bishops
Nutrition and Hydration
(April 1992)
National Conference of Catholic Bishops Committee on Pro-Life Activities
Putting Children and Families First
(November 1991)
United States Catholic Conference
Cardinal Bernardin's Message for "Respect Life Sunday" in the U.S.A (October 1,
1989)
US Bishops' Resolution on Abortion
(November 7, 1989)
Statement on the Twentieth Anniversary of Humanae Vitae - US Bishops Committee
for Prolife Activities, July 25, 1988
Testimony to Democratic and Republican Platform Committees - USCC (May,
1988)
US Bishops' Pastoral Plan on Pro-life Activities: A Reaffirmation
(November 14, 1985)
Statement
of the Committee on Doctrine (Nov 1984): Abortion and Free Choice
US
Bishops on Capital Punishment (November, 1980)
Let the Little Children Come to Me - Statement issued by the USCC (November,
1976)
US Bishops Statement - Political Responsibility (May, 1976)
Testimony of the United States Catholic Conference on Constitutional Amendments
Protecting Human Life before the Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights
of the House Committee on the Judiciary, March 24, 1976
Political Responsibility - Statement issued by the USCC (February, 1976)
Resolution on Human Life Foundation- Statement issued by the NCCB (November,
1975)
Pastoral Plan for Pro-life Activities - Statement issued by the NCCB (November,
1975)
Resolution against Capital Punishment- A Resolution Passed by the USCC
(November, 1974)
Testimony of United States Catholic Conference to the Sub-Committee on
Constitutional Amendments of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, March 7,
1974
Resolution on the Pro-life Constitutional Amendment - Issued by the NCCB
(November, 1973)
Statement on the Anti-abortion Amendment - A Statement Issued by the
Administrative Committee of the NCCB (September, 1973)
Pastoral Guidelines for the Catholic Hospital and Catholic Health Care Personnel
(Ad hoc Committee on Pro-Life Activities, NCCB, April 11, 1973)
Pastoral Message on Abortion - Statement Issued by the NCCB (February, 1973)
Statement of the Committee for Pro-Life Affairs of the NCCB (January 24, 1973)
Statement on Abortion Issued by the President of the NCCB (January 22, 1973)
Declaration on Abortion - Statement Issued by the NCCB (November, 1970)
Statement on Abortion Issued by the NCCB (April, 1970)
Statement on Abortion Issued by the USCC (April, 1969)
Human Life in Our Day - A Statement Issued by the NCCB (November, 1968)
Statement on the Government and Birth Control Issued by the NCCB (November,
1966)
Collection of Documents on the right to life and abortion in the years
immediately before and after Roe vs. Wade:
Documentation I and II
The National Association of
State Catholic Conference Directors - links to statements, testimony,
position papers, and other resources issued by State Catholic Conferences.
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