WASHINGTON—In response to the White House framework on immigration released on January 26th, Most Reverend Joe S. Vásquez, Bishop of Austin, and Chairman of the USCCB Committee on Migration, stated
Garden Grove, Calif., (January 26, 2018) – The Most Rev. Kevin W. Vann, Bishop of Orange, will lead a special service to anoint ill patients with holy oil and bless the hands of caregivers with holy water brought from the consecrated grotto of Massabielle in Lourdes, France.
Garden Grove, Calif. (January 23, 2018) – The Most Reverend Thanh Thai Nguyen, Auxiliary Bishop of Orange, will join immigration advocates and faith leaders for a prayer service calling for a just resolution for thousands of young people in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
SILVER SPRING, Maryland – Leaders from the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC) are condemning the Trump administration’s decision to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for El Salvador in September 2019, calling it a political calculation that will devastate 200,000 families who have made the United States their home.
Garden Grove, Calif., (Dec. 7, 2017) – Amid a dramatic increase in homelessness, faith communities will gather to honor the more than 200 men, women, and children who died on the streets of Orange County over the past year.
GARDEN GROVE, CA – The Most Rev. Dominic Dinh Mai Luong, D.D., Bishop Emeritus for the Diocese of Orange, passed away on December 6, 2017, at 77 years old, surrounded by friends, family, and brother priests.
WASHINGTON (Dec. 4, 2017) – The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Subcommittee on the Church in Latin America has awarded nearly $3.2 million in grants to fund 183 pastoral projects and four disaster relief projects in Latin America and the Caribbean for 2018.
Bishop-elect Thanh Thai Nguyen will be ordained in historic and solemn ceremony officiated by the Most Rev. Kevin Vann, Bishop of Orange, and attended by Cardinals, Bishops and interfaith leaders from throughout the United States. The rite of Episcopal Ordination is among the most sacred within the Roman Catholic Church and continues the apostolic succession…
WASHINGTON— (Nov. 20, 2017) – Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), has offered a Thanksgiving Day message to the nation, expressing special gratitude for the gift of immigrants and refugees while calling for an end to policies that threaten their families.
WASHINGTON (December 21, 2017)—On December 20, 2017, Bishop Joe S. Vásquez of Austin, Texas, Chairman of the USCCB Committee on Migration, was joined by Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC), Catholic Relief Services (CRS), Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA), and Scalabrini International Migration Network (SIMN) in sending a letter to Secretary of Homeland Security, Kirstjen Nielsen,…