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The article discusses the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' potential decision to overhaul or scale back the Catholic Campaign for Human Development due to financial constraints, prompted by a decline in its annual national collection. Topics discussed include financial challenges impacting the program, critiques from conservative Catholic factions, and plans for a reassessment aimed at revitalizing the initiative for future effectiveness.

The article discusses the varied responses from Catholic bishops and other Catholic figures following the attempted assassination of former U.S. President Donald Trump. It highlights calls for national unity and condemnation of violence, while some conservative Catholics attribute the violence to Democratic rhetoric.

The article discusses Vatican ambassador Cardinal Christophe Pierre urging U.S. Catholic bishops to embrace open-ended discussions at Pope Francis' Synod of Bishops, emphasizing the importance of synodality for the global church's evangelization. Topics include the bishops' annual fall assembly, the connection between synodality and the ambitious eucharistic revival project, and reflections from bishops who attended the October synodal assembly in Rome.

The article focuses on El Paso Bishop Mark Seitz's criticism of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's efforts to close a Catholic migrant shelter network, casting it as part of Texas' larger drive to criminalize migrants. It notes that Seitz criticizes border militarization and political exploitation of the "border crisis," asking people of religion to resist, but also responding to allegations that Catholic agencies supporting migrants are politically motivated attempts to dehumanize them.

The article offers news briefs on topics including partnership of Catholic bishops in the U.S. with event planners in order to organize a National Eucharistic Congress in 2024. The event planner was accused of charging exorbitant rates during the preparations for Donald Trump's presidential inauguration in January 2017. The article also mentions bishops relying on conservative Catholic organizations to provide funding and promotional materials for a National Eucharistic Revival.

The article reports on the approval of a document summarizing Catholic teaching on Communion by U.S. bishops at the assembly in Baltimore, Maryland on November 17, 2021. The document referred to the special responsibility of laypeople who exercise public authority to uphold human life and dignity. The assembly was addressed by Vatican ambassador to the U.S., Archbishop Christophe Pierre, about overcoming U.S. polarization. It mentions the minimal assembly debate over the Communion text.

The article focuses on the disconnect between the Catholic bishops anti-abortion advocacy and the electorate, as evidenced by the passage of an abortion rights amendment in Ohio and electoral defeats in Kentucky and Virginia.

The article focuses on the U.S. Catholic bishops vote on whether to amend their official directives for American Catholic health care institutions. It highlights that this vote could potentially lead to a significant change in the provision of health care in Catholic hospitals, clinics, and facilities across the U.S. It further discusses the potential impact of the bishops vote on gender-affirming medical treatment in Catholic health care institutions.

The article discusses the U.S. Supreme Court overturning its earlier decision in Roe v. Wade a constitutional right to abortion & several U.S. Catholic bishops praised the court's ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization stating constitution does not confer the right to an abortion.

The article reports on the disappointment of African American Catholics about the speech delivered by Archbishop José Gomez to a Catholic group in Spain on November 4, 2021. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops president described some modern social justice movements as anti-Christian pseudo-religions. Catholic theologian and priest Bryan Massingale notes that Gomez misunderstood the goals of contemporary movements. Gomez claimed that social justice efforts deny the human person.

The article reports that the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops declined to directly address nationwide changes to voting rights as at least 18 states enacted several laws to restrict access to the vote between January 1 and July 14, 2021. Topics include examines that State legislatures in Georgia and Florida passed and Republican governors signed controversial broad bills that the Brennan Center and civil rights groups like the NAACP describe as voter suppression laws.

The article states that Georgia Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Green makes controversial remarks to right-wing outlet Church Militant, accusing Satan of having control over the church, and also criticizing Catholic bishops for their support of policies that aid migrants and refugees.

The article reports that the U.S. Catholic bishops' fall 2021 general assembly in Baltimore will be their first in-person gathering since the coronavirus pandemic swept through the world in early 2020. Topics include examines that several bishops, diocesan officials, conference staff members and journalists will be attending the conference, from November 15 to 18, 2021 at a time when COVID-19 is still spreading throughout the country.

The article reports on the opposition of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) mandate that employers must provide health insurance that covers contraceptives, abortifacients and sterilization without copays or deductibles.

This article reports on the concerns of U.S. catholic bishops over a budget plan proposed by vice-presidential candidate and Representative Paul Ryan in 2012.