Catholic Bishops Issue Rare Statement Objecting to U.S. Immigration Tactics

Catholic bishops issue nearly unanimous statement against Trump's 'indiscriminate' deportations

The statement called for immigration policies that respect human dignity.

LI Catholics weigh in on immigration statement by U.S. bishops

The "special message" by the U.S. Catholic bishops expresses solidarity with immigrants and criticizes "indiscriminate mass deportation."

Bishops rebuke U.S. ‘mass deportation’ of immigrants without mentioning Trump by name

A largely united U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops condemns the Trump administration’s aggressive deportation campaign.

Catholic bishops express deep concern over immigration and call for compassionate reform

Catholic bishops of the United States issued a rare "Special Message" about immigration, the first time since 2013 that the bishops have invoked a particularly

U.S. bishops give 'special' message against Trump immigration policy

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said its some 273 active bishops were "disturbed" to see "a climate of fear and anxiety" over immigration.

Catholic bishops rebuke Trump on immigration

What happenedThe U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Wednesday issued a rare “special message” that implicitly rebuked President Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration crackdown. The pastoral statement — approved 216-5, with three abstentions — came at the end of the bishops’ annual meeting in Baltimore. The last time the Catholic bishops “invoked this particularly urgent way of speaking,” the USCCB noted, was in 2013, in response to the Obama ad…