US EditionUS Catholic bishops will elect a new leader and contend with Trump’s immigration tactics
The bishops will elect leaders to address immigration enforcement impacts, with half of the 10 candidates from the conservative wing, amid declining Mass attendance due to fear.
- On Tuesday, United States Catholic bishops will elect their next president and vice president in Baltimore; Archbishop William Lori, current vice president, nears retirement at 75 and the winner will succeed Military Services Archbishop Timothy Broglio, outgoing leader.
- Amid debate over immigration, bishops plan to discuss immigration enforcement and how strongly to address the Trump administration's harsh immigration tactics, following the shuttering of their refugee resettlement program.
- The slate of 10 candidates is split down the middle with half from the conservative wing, including Bishop Robert Barron, Archbishop Paul Coakley of the Napa Institute, Bishop Daniel Flores, and Latino candidate Archbishop Nelson Perez.
- Local clerics are fighting to administer sacraments to detained immigrants, and fear of enforcement has suppressed Mass attendance at some parishes.
- Some Catholic insiders hope for a leader who unifies United States Catholic bishops and works well with the Vatican, but there is no clear front-runner shaping the conference’s tone.
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American Catholic Church leaders in Baltimore for annual fall meeting
Leaders said what they do is not political. However, many of the issues the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is set to take up and vote on are hot-button, highly polarizing political issues like abortion and immigration. "I think, in many ways, it's a rare moment of agreeableness in a very divided culture," said Archbishop William Lori.
Veep Bishop Flores — a man without subtext?
The bishops of the United States elected a new conference president and vice president from among their number Tuesday morning.Caption: Bishop Daniel Flores addresses the USCCB plenary assembly June 16, 2023.The selection as president of Oklahoma City’s Archbishop Paul Coakley, erstwhile secretary of the conference, was widely predicted. Following a recent run of vice presidents ineligible to go on to serve as president because of age, the secre…
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