"We plan to march even if the government shutdown is not yet resolved," declares the March for Life website, marchforlife.org. "We have marched for 45 years and will march again this year to end the human rights abuse of abortion."

In a statement issued on December 18, 2018, the U.S. bishops' committee on migration said that the death of the 7-year-old Guatemalan girl trying to enter the United States with her father was a "jarring disruption of the natural order of life" and urged a reexamination of "our failed immigration policies."

In a joint statement Nov. 9, the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the chairman of its Committee for Religious Liberty applauded the Trump administration's decision "to finalize common-sense regulations" for religious employers.

U.S. bishops call for a third-party confidential reporting system for claims of any abuse by bishops.

Eleven months after Hurricane Maria, needs are still great, especially for food, water and major home repair.

"Two weeks ago, I shared with you my sadness, anger, and shame over the recent revelations concerning Archbishop Theodore McCarrick," the cardinal said. "Those sentiments continue and are deepened in view of the Pennsylvania grand jury report."

Catholics are called "to become missionary disciples, to go out of our comfort zone."

"Time is running out for them."

An interview with Bishop James. D Conley, who signed the open letter "Created Male and Female" defending a traditional understanding of gender.

"A nation's budget is a moral document," said Bishop Frank J. Dewane of Venice, Fla.