Bishop Daniel E. Flores

(OSV News) — A Texas bishop said he is “grateful to God” that a foreign-born religious sister, detained by immigration authorities in late June, can remain in the U.S. as …

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — The Trump administration issued a new rule July 28 that could send hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers directly into deportation proceedings, a policy change that …

Concern for the God-given dignity of immigrants, for unity in teaching the faith clearly and for spiritual renewal in the country dominated the public proceedings of the bishops’ fall plenary …

The U.S. bishops Nov. 12 elected Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, as the new secretary of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Archbishop Coakley’s election signals that an unspoken but respected principle of seniority has yet again been a deciding factor of the bishops’ election.

From the opening gavel to adjournment Nov. 11, the immigration issue was at the forefront for much of the first day of public sessions of the U.S. bishops’ fall plenary …

Archbishop Paul Coakley of Oklahoma City and Bishop Daniel Flores of Brownsville, Texas, were elected as president and vice president of the USCCB.

The 120-page document “shows … us a lot of the Holy Father’s heart with regard to what he has most, since the beginning of his pontificate, desired for the church,” …

BALTIMORE (OSV News) — On the first day of the public session of the U.S. bishops’ annual fall meeting in Baltimore, the importance of the church’s mission in light of …